diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index 0faa5abf2fa..878983a92db 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-11-06  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
+
+	* gcc_release: Don't require a username if running locally.
+
 2001-11-05  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
 
 	* update_web_docs: Eliminate warnings about keeping files from web
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
index 260266b153d..dc8c5fd6e8b 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ done
 shift `expr ${OPTIND} - 1`
 
 # Perform consistency checking.
-if [ -z ${CVS_USERNAME} ]; then
+if [ ${LOCAL} -eq 0 ] && [ -z ${CVS_USERNAME} ]; then
   error "No username specified"
 fi