diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f93b1ad8793..9fb230813c7 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-06-26  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in (update-authors): Update for moved authors.el.
+
 2014-06-26  Leo Liu  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
 
 	* skeleton.el (skeleton-end-hook): Default to nil and move the
diff --git a/lisp/Makefile.in b/lisp/Makefile.in
index d6e10c6a4ab..cb732655299 100644
--- a/lisp/Makefile.in
+++ b/lisp/Makefile.in
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ bzr-update: compile finder-data custom-deps
 # Update the AUTHORS file.
 
 update-authors:
-	$(emacs) -l authors -f batch-update-authors $(top_srcdir)/etc/AUTHORS $(top_srcdir)
+	$(emacs) -L "$(top_srcdir)/admin" -l authors \
+	  -f batch-update-authors "$(top_srcdir)/etc/AUTHORS" "$(top_srcdir)"
 
 
 ETAGS = ../lib-src/etags