diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 39f32ab25bfcbc581e77f15c8ec6165a2b2f3d0c..56af7fa01a6bf6305f7308ca7714952f04b4ee5e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Mon Apr 28 16:11:22 CEST 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	fix typo in bootstrap script
+	* bootstrap: Fix typo: s/gnulib/.gnulib/.  Reported by
+	Daniel P. Berrange.
+
 Mon Apr 28 09:32:22 EST 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* tests/.valgrind.supp, tests/Makefile.am: Ignore bash bugs when
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index f7b6aec96894e084ce7e7db91a2e6ae0efd9d673..087b98d972ad328fd8f9b59cd86098d381276bec 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cleanup_gnulib() {
 
 case ${GNULIB_SRCDIR--} in
 -)
-  if [ ! -d gnulib ]; then
+  if [ ! -d .gnulib ]; then
     echo "$0: getting gnulib files..."
 
     trap cleanup_gnulib 1 2 13 15