diff --git a/jtag/ChangeLog b/jtag/ChangeLog
index bfcdd1ff..335bbfb1 100644
--- a/jtag/ChangeLog
+++ b/jtag/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
      variable due to portability issues (like with libusb-win32).
    * src/jtag.c (jtag_readline_loop): [ 1950315 ] Fix quiting when
      using the non readline version.
+   * configure.ac: [ 1950061 ] Look for the ChangeLog in $srcdir.
 
 2008-04-19  Kolja Waschk <kawk>
 
diff --git a/jtag/configure.ac b/jtag/configure.ac
index d371872c..92ac2e93 100644
--- a/jtag/configure.ac
+++ b/jtag/configure.ac
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if test -n "$SVN" -a -x "$SVN"; then
     fi
 fi
 if test "$SVN_REVISION" -eq 0 -a -e "$srcdir/ChangeLog"; then
-    SVN_REVISION=`awk 'BEGIN { x=0 } /Revision: / { if($2>x) x=$2; } END { printf "%d\n",x }' ChangeLog`
+    SVN_REVISION=`awk 'BEGIN { x=0 } /Revision: / { if($2>x) x=$2; } END { printf "%d\n",x }' "$srcdir/ChangeLog"`
     if test "$SVN_REVISION" -ne "0" ; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([from ChangeLog: $SVN_REVISION])
     fi