diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad64019eb..4b9a58730 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 20000708
  - (djm) Fix bad fprintf format handling in auth-pam.c. Patch from 
    Aaron Hopkins <aaron@die.net>
+ - (djm) Fix incorrect configure handling of --with-rsh-path option. Fix from
+   Lutz Jaenicke <Lutz.Jaenicke@aet.TU-Cottbus.DE>
 
 20000702
  - (djm) Fix brace mismatch from Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@cygnus.com>
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dbc5a18ee..ace6de4b4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(rsh,
 	[  --with-rsh=PATH         Specify path to remote shell program ],
 	[
 		if test "x$withval" != "$no" ; then
-			rsa_path=$withval
+			rsh_path=$withval
 		fi
 	],
 	[