diff --git a/make.h b/make.h
index 139054f2..5c0d4c77 100644
--- a/make.h
+++ b/make.h
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
  #pragma alloca
 #endif
 
-#include "config.h"
+/* We use <config.h> instead of "config.h" so that a compilation
+   using -I. -I$srcdir will use ./config.h rather than $srcdir/config.h
+   (which it would do because make.h was found in $srcdir).  */
+#include <config.h>
 #undef	HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #define HAVE_CONFIG_H