1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 1fb770d6657..f73575938d3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ all: emacs$(EXEEXT) $(OTHER_FILES)
 shortlisp =
 lisp.mk: $(lispsource)/loadup.el
         @rm -f $@
-        ${AM_V_GEN}( echo "shortlisp = \\"; \
+        ${AM_V_GEN}( printf 'shortlisp = \\\n'; \
         sed -n 's/^[ \t]*(load "\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' $< | \
           sed -e 's/$$/.elc \\/' -e 's/\.el\.elc/.el/'; \
         echo "" ) > $@