diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ed5ebef..74ac8e7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-02  Gary V. Vaughan  <gvv@techie.com>
+
+	From Bruce Korb <bkorb@cruzio.com>
+	* ltmain.in (execute_dlfiles): Reduce obfuscation.
+
 2000-09-30  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* libtool.m4 [netbsd*] (deplibs_check_method, file_magic_cmd,
diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in
index ad5922ce..f73f5cd2 100644
--- a/ltmain.in
+++ b/ltmain.in
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ do
   if test -n "$prev"; then
     case "$prev" in
     execute_dlfiles)
-      eval "$prev=\"\$$prev \$arg\""
+      execute_dlfiles="$execute_dlfiles $arg"
       ;;
     *)
       eval "$prev=\$arg"