diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index d909ce3..535cd02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Version 1.0
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+2008-06-19:
+	* fix #8, make it more /bin/sh compatible
+
 2007-04-20:
 	* small fixes in SConstruct
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b28c8e8..14be411 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ EOF
 
         --prefix)
             shift
-            if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+            if [ $# -gt 0 ]
             then
                 prefix=$1
             else