--- a/gnulib-tool
+++ b/gnulib-tool
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 progname=$0
 package=gnulib
-cvsdatestamp='$Date: 2006-09-09 19:02:08 $'
+cvsdatestamp='$Date: 2006-09-13 15:00:47 $'
 last_checkin_date=`echo "$cvsdatestamp" | sed -e 's,^\$[D]ate: ,,'`
 version=`echo "$last_checkin_date" | sed -e 's/ .*$//' -e 's,/,-,g'`
 
@@ -1098,7 +1098,9 @@
   fi
   echo
   echo "${libname}_${libext}_SOURCES ="
-  echo "${libname}_${libext}_LIBADD = @${perhapsLT}LIBOBJS@"
+  # Here we use $(LIBOBJS), not @LIBOBJS@. The value is the same. However,
+  # automake during its analyses looks for $(LIBOBJS), not for @LIBOBJS@.
+  echo "${libname}_${libext}_LIBADD = \$(${perhapsLT}LIBOBJS)"
   if test "$libtool" = true; then
     echo "${libname}_${libext}_LDFLAGS = \$(AM_LDFLAGS)"
   fi