diff --git a/m4/libtool.m4 b/m4/libtool.m4
index 7875302a..054b3abf 100644
--- a/m4/libtool.m4
+++ b/m4/libtool.m4
@@ -4129,7 +4129,8 @@ _LT_EOF
   if AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_compile); then
     # Now try to grab the symbols.
     nlist=conftest.nm
-    if AC_TRY_EVAL(NM conftest.$ac_objext \| "$lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe" \> $nlist) && test -s "$nlist"; then
+    $ECHO "$as_me:$LINENO: $NM conftest.$ac_objext | $lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe > $nlist" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+    if eval "$NM" conftest.$ac_objext \| "$lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe" \> $nlist 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD && test -s "$nlist"; then
       # Try sorting and uniquifying the output.
       if sort "$nlist" | uniq > "$nlist"T; then
 	mv -f "$nlist"T "$nlist"