diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 79f0ac27..95bb37b0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+2000-05-29  Gary V. Vaughan  <gvv@techie.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Updated.
+	* libtool.m4 (i*86-*-freebsd*): Support a.out shared libs.
+	From <suzukis@file.phys.tohoku.ac.jp>
+
 2000-05-29  Fred Fish  <fnf@be.com>       
 
 	Support AR=mwld AR_FLAGS='-xml -o' for PPC Beos.
 	* ltconfig (old_AR_FLAGS): Add.              
-	(old_archive_cmds): Use AR_FLAGS rather than hardcoding "cru".          
-	(archive_cmds): Use AR_FLAGS rather than hardcoding "cru".              
+	(old_archive_cmds): Use AR_FLAGS rather than hardcoding "cru".
+	(archive_cmds): Use AR_FLAGS rather than hardcoding "cru".
 	(AR_FLAGS): Default to "cru" if not set.                               
 
 2000-05-29  Gary V. Vaughan  <gvv@techie.com>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dd8befad..7eb2ac0c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ New in 1.3d: 2000-??-??; CVS version 1.3c, Libtool team:
 * libltdl can now be built as a dll with win32.
 * m4 macros needed to configure libltdl split out into libltdl/ltdl.m4.
 * Improved support for mingw32, Compaq Tru64 V5.0 and Digital Unix V4.*.
-* Initail support for ia64 linux.
+* Initial support for ia64 linux.
+* Initial support for a.out freebsd shared libs.
 * Many bugfixes (especially in libltdl)
 
 New in 1.3.5: 2000-05-27, CVS version 1.3.4a, Libtool team:
diff --git a/libtool.m4 b/libtool.m4
index 5f8816b4..3c37fbc9 100644
--- a/libtool.m4
+++ b/libtool.m4
@@ -513,6 +513,15 @@ freebsd*)
   freebsd-elf*)
     lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
     ;;
+  *)
+    case "$host_cpu" in
+    i*86 )
+      lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=='file_magic OpenBSD/i[3-9]86 demand paged shared library'
+      lt_cv_file_magic_cmd=/usr/bin/file
+      lt_cv_file_magic_test_file=`echo /usr/lib/libc.so.*`
+      ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
   esac
   ;;