diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18b75135..a317c755 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Dec 20 12:19:34 2005  Søren Sandmann  <sandmann@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Add backslashes, pointed out by Ralph Siemsen.
+
 Mon Dec 19 17:39:09 2005  Søren Sandmann  <sandmann@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysprof.c (add_text): Make the tree tree-shapeed.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2e66712a..9962d0fa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ if test $kernel_module = "yes"; then
   KMICRO=`uname -r | cut -d"." -f 3 | cut -d"-" -f 1`
 
   if [[ $KMICRO -lt 11 ]] ; then
-     echo *
-     echo * Linux \>= 2.6.11 is required
-     echo *
+     echo \*
+     echo \* Linux \>= 2.6.11 is required
+     echo \*
      exit 1
   fi