diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e9d7405..ab28d28a 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ $(ADIR)/status:
 	else \
 		zcat $(MIRROR)/dists/$(CODENAME)/main/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages.gz | \
 		perl -000 -ne 's/^(Package: .*)$$/$$1\nStatus: install ok installed/m; \
-	               print if (/^Priority: (required|important|standard)/m or \
-		       /^Section: base/m);' \
+	               print if (/^Priority: (required|important|standard)/m or /^Section: base/m);' \
 		> $(ADIR)/status ; \
 	fi
 	# Updating the apt database
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 97e457a7..76dc2ad6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ debian-cd (2.2.26) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - globally exclude any discover udebs
     - clean up obsolete exclusions
   * Include "tape" images again for S/390.
+  * Makefile: remove line continuation inside perl command as that breaks with
+    GNU Make 3.81.
 
- -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org>  Thu,  2 Nov 2006 08:20:13 +0100
+ -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:03:13 +0100
 
 debian-cd (2.2.25) unstable; urgency=low