1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/international/mule-conf.el b/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
index c7833f064bd..ebdb86d9e56 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 
 (setq file-coding-system-alist
       '(("\\.elc$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
-        ("loaddefs.el$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
+        ("\\(\\`\\|/\\)loaddefs.el$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
         ("\\.tar$" . (no-conversion . no-conversion))
         ("" . (undecided . nil))))