diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c2feb7f4..1ca26bee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 2000-01-13  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
-	* lib/open.c (glibtop_open_l): Call glibtop_init_backend () and
-	_glibtop_open_sysdeps () here.
-
-2000-01-12  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
-
 	* lib/sysdeps-init-freebsd.c: New file.
 	* lib/sysdeps-init-kernel.c: New file.
 	* lib/sysdeps-init-linux.c: New file.
@@ -12,6 +7,9 @@
 	* lib/sysdeps-init-stub-suid.c: New file.
 	* lib/sysdeps-init-stub.c: New file.
 
+	* lib/open.c (glibtop_open_l): Call glibtop_init_backend () and
+	_glibtop_open_sysdeps () here.
+
 	* lib/init.c (glibtop_init_s): Call `_glibtop_open_sysdeps'.
 
 	* include/glibtop/open.h (_glibtop_open_sysdeps): Declare this
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index d15ac1e6..fd94f810 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ INCLUDES			= @INCLUDES@
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES			= libgtop.la
 
-sysdeps_init_file		= @sysdeps_init_file@
-
 libgtop_la_SOURCES		= init.c open.c close.c lib.c parameter.c \
 				  sysdeps.c errors.c glib-arrays.c \
 				  backend.c init-backends.c open-backend.c \
-				  $(sysdeps_init_file)
+				  sysdeps-init.c
 
 libgtop_la_LDFLAGS		= $(LT_VERSION_INFO)
 libgtop_la_LIBADD		= $(LIBGTOP_XML_LIB)
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ glibtopdir			= $(includedir)/glibtop
 
 glibtop_HEADERS			= structures.h
 
-BUILT_SOURCES			= lib.c structures.h
+BUILT_SOURCES			= lib.c structures.h sysdeps-init.c
 
 lib.c: lib.pl $(top_builddir)/config.h $(top_srcdir)/features.def $(top_srcdir)/scripts/c_types.pl
 	$(PERL) -I $(top_srcdir)/scripts $(srcdir)/lib.pl < $(top_srcdir)/features.def > lib-t
@@ -31,5 +29,16 @@ structures.h: structures.pl $(top_builddir)/config.h \
 		structures.h > tmp-s
 	mv tmp-s structures.h
 
+sysdeps-init.c:
+	@LN_S@ @sysdeps_init_file@ sysdeps-init.c
+
 CLEANFILES			= $(BUILT_SOURCES)
 
+EXTRA_DIST			= lib.pl structures.pl \
+				  sysdeps-init-freebsd.c \
+				  sysdeps-init-kernel.c \
+				  sysdeps-init-linux.c \
+				  sysdeps-init-solaris.c \
+				  sysdeps-init-stub-suid.c \
+				  sysdeps-init-stub.c
+