diff --git a/config.guess b/config.guess
index fc5b336a..8358e6dd 100755
--- a/config.guess
+++ b/config.guess
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ EOF
     *:NetBSD:*:*)
 	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-netbsd`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-_].*/\./'`
 	exit 0 ;;
+    *:GNU:*:*)
+	echo `echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`-unknown-gnu`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`
+	exit 0 ;;
     *:Linux:*:*)
 	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-linux
 	exit 0 ;;