1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/Makefile.in b/lisp/Makefile.in
index c4475982981..32f2c1d28a0 100644
--- a/lisp/Makefile.in
+++ b/lisp/Makefile.in
@@ -321,14 +321,16 @@ compile-targets: $(TARGETS)
 # Compile all the Elisp files that need it.  Beware: it approximates
 # 'no-byte-compile', so watch out for false-positives!
 compile-main: gen-lisp compile-clean
-        @(cd $(lisp) && \
+        @(cd $(lisp) &&                              \
         els=`echo "${SUBDIRS_REL} " | sed -e 's|/\./|/|g' -e 's|/\. | |g' -e 's| |/*.el |g'`; \
-        for el in ${MAIN_FIRST} $$els; do \
-          test -f $$el || continue; \
-          test ! -f $${el}c && GREP_OPTIONS= grep '^;.*no-byte-compile: t' $$el > /dev/null && continue; \
-          echo "$${el}c"; \
-        done | xargs $(XARGS_LIMIT) echo) | \
-        while read chunk; do \
+        for el in ${MAIN_FIRST} $$els; do            \
+          test -f $$el || continue;                  \
+          test ! -f $${el}c &&                       \
+              GREP_OPTIONS= grep '^;.*[^a-zA-Z]no-byte-compile: *t' $$el > /dev/null && \
+              continue;                              \
+          echo "$${el}c";                            \
+        done | xargs $(XARGS_LIMIT) echo) |          \
+        while read chunk; do                         \
           $(MAKE) compile-targets TARGETS="$$chunk"; \
         done