diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 08b4a0a16c3..0013288a955 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-11-04  Loïc Yhuel <loic.yhuel@softathome.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: add missing '$'.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2016-10-21  Gergely Nagy  <ngg@tresorit.com>
 
 	PR gold/17704
diff --git a/gold/configure b/gold/configure
index 343a407c112..a3ed5c99706 100755
--- a/gold/configure
+++ b/gold/configure
@@ -3266,7 +3266,7 @@ fi
 
 sysroot_relocatable=0
 if test -n "$sysroot"; then
-  case "sysroot" in
+  case "$sysroot" in
     "${prefix}" | "${prefix}/"* | \
     "${exec_prefix}" | "${exec_prefix}/"* | \
     '${prefix}' | '${prefix}/'*| \
diff --git a/gold/configure.ac b/gold/configure.ac
index de3b63038a2..ff9f1fd6a4a 100644
--- a/gold/configure.ac
+++ b/gold/configure.ac
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fi
 
 sysroot_relocatable=0
 if test -n "$sysroot"; then
-  case "sysroot" in
+  case "$sysroot" in
     "${prefix}" | "${prefix}/"* | \
     "${exec_prefix}" | "${exec_prefix}/"* | \
     '${prefix}' | '${prefix}/'*| \