diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index acf66de9..3adf635e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-10-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+	* libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 (LT_PATH_NM): End test source with
+	newline.
+	Reported by Charles Wilson <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>.
+
 2005-10-13  Peter O'Gorman  <peter@pogma.com>
 
 	* libltdl/ltdl.c (find_module): Check that dir is set.
diff --git a/libltdl/m4/libtool.m4 b/libltdl/m4/libtool.m4
index 17c0e278..ec0e434c 100644
--- a/libltdl/m4/libtool.m4
+++ b/libltdl/m4/libtool.m4
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ _LT_DECL([], [NM], [1], [A BSD- or MS-compatible name lister])dnl
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([the name lister ($NM) interface], [lt_cv_nm_interface],
   [lt_cv_nm_interface="BSD nm"
-  printf "int some_variable = 0;" > conftest.$ac_ext
+  echo "int some_variable = 0;" > conftest.$ac_ext
   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:__oline__: $ac_compile\"" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD)
   (eval "$ac_compile" 2>conftest.err)
   cat conftest.err >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD