diff --git a/libobjc/ChangeLog b/libobjc/ChangeLog
index 8e0735d0dc9..5eb758e1255 100644
--- a/libobjc/ChangeLog
+++ b/libobjc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Sep 30 18:17:17 1998  Robert Lipe  <robertl@dgii.com
+
+	* configure.in: Escape ^ in grep string.
+	* configure: Rebuilt.
+
 Wed Sep 30 09:14:52 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* All .h files pushed down into the objc/ subdirectory.
diff --git a/libobjc/configure b/libobjc/configure
index 9379887d6bd..25cdc01509d 100755
--- a/libobjc/configure
+++ b/libobjc/configure
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'objc_cv_thread_file'+set}'`\" = set"; then
 else
   if test -f ../../gcc/Makefile
 then
-  objc_cv_thread_file=`grep ^GCC_THREAD_FILE ../../gcc/Makefile | awk -F= '{ print $2 }'`
+  objc_cv_thread_file=`grep \^GCC_THREAD_FILE ../../gcc/Makefile | awk -F= '{ print $2 }'`
 else
   { echo "configure: error: not found" 1>&2; exit 1; }
 fi
diff --git a/libobjc/configure.in b/libobjc/configure.in
index 8a5c58f04dd..a0c40599914 100644
--- a/libobjc/configure.in
+++ b/libobjc/configure.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for thread file],objc_cv_thread_file,
 [if test -f ../../gcc/Makefile
 then
-  objc_cv_thread_file=`grep ^GCC_THREAD_FILE ../../gcc/Makefile | awk -F= '{ print $2 }'`
+  objc_cv_thread_file=`grep \^GCC_THREAD_FILE ../../gcc/Makefile | awk -F= '{ print $2 }'`
 else
   AC_MSG_ERROR([not found])
 fi])