diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index eefacd27c..4117baafd 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = krb5-config
 man_MANS = krb5-config.1
 
 krb5-config: krb5-config.in
-	sed	-e "s,@PACKAGE\@,@PACKAGE@,g" \
-		-e "s,@VERSION\@,@VERSION@,g" \
-		-e "s,@prefix\@,@prefix@,g" \
-		-e "s,@exec_prefix\@,@exec_prefix@,g" \
-		-e "s,@libdir\@,@libdir@,g" \
-		-e "s,@includedir\@,@includedir@,g" \
-		-e "s,@LIB_crypt\@,@LIB_crypt@,g" \
-		-e "s,@LIB_dbopen\@,@LIB_dbopen@,g" \
-		-e "s,@LIBS\@,@LIBS@,g" \
+	sed	-e "s,@PACKAGE\@,$(PACKAGE),g" \
+		-e "s,@VERSION\@,$(VERSION),g" \
+		-e "s,@prefix\@,$(prefix),g" \
+		-e "s,@exec_prefix\@,$(exec_prefix),g" \
+		-e "s,@libdir\@,$(libdir),g" \
+		-e "s,@includedir\@,$(includedir),g" \
+		-e "s,@LIB_crypt\@,$(LIB_crypt),g" \
+		-e "s,@LIB_dbopen\@,$(LIB_dbopen),g" \
+		-e "s,@LIBS\@,$(LIBS),g" \
 		$(srcdir)/krb5-config.in > $@
 	chmod +x $@