diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 750536d75..1ea96d35f 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.5.5beta02 - July 13, 2011
+Libpng 1.5.5beta02 - July 14, 2011
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ Version 1.5.5beta01 [July 13, 2011]
   Fixed some typos and made other minor changes in the manual.
   Updated contrib/pngminus/makefile.std (Samuli Souminen)
 
-Version 1.5.5beta02 [July 13, 2011]
+Version 1.5.5beta02 [July 14, 2011]
+  Revised Makefile.am and Makefile.in to look in the right directory for
+    pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 768d9e806..fe895fc45 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3512,8 +3512,10 @@ Version 1.5.4 [July 7, 2011]
 Version 1.5.5beta01 [July 13, 2011]
   Fixed some typos and made other minor changes in the manual.
   Updated contrib/pngminus/makefile.std (Samuli Souminen)
-`
-Version 1.5.5beta02 [July 13, 2011]
+
+Version 1.5.5beta02 [July 14, 2011]
+  Revised Makefile.am and Makefile.in to look in the right directory for
+    pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
 
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index beb7a2572..b4e0ff92c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ $(PNGLIB_BASENAME)-config: libpng-config
 	cp libpng-config $@
 
 scripts/sym.out scripts/vers.out: png.h pngconf.h pnglibconf.h
-scripts/symbols.out: png.h pngconf.h scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
+scripts/symbols.out: png.h pngconf.h $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
 
 libpng.sym: scripts/sym.out
 	rm -f $@
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ libpng.vers: scripts/vers.out
 pnglibconf.h: pnglibconf.out
 	rm -f $@
 	cp $? $@
-scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt:
+$(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt:
+	@echo "Attempting to build $@" >&2
 	@echo "This is a machine generated file, but if you want to make" >&2
 	@echo "a new one simply make 'scripts/pnglibconf.out' and copy that" >&2
 	@exit 1
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 20e0111c4..667d2b189 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ $(PNGLIB_BASENAME)-config: libpng-config
 	cp libpng-config $@
 
 scripts/sym.out scripts/vers.out: png.h pngconf.h pnglibconf.h
-scripts/symbols.out: png.h pngconf.h scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
+scripts/symbols.out: png.h pngconf.h $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
 
 libpng.sym: scripts/sym.out
 	rm -f $@
@@ -1276,7 +1276,8 @@ libpng.vers: scripts/vers.out
 pnglibconf.h: pnglibconf.out
 	rm -f $@
 	cp $? $@
-scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt:
+$(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt:
+	@echo "Attempting to build $@" >&2
 	@echo "This is a machine generated file, but if you want to make" >&2
 	@echo "a new one simply make 'scripts/pnglibconf.out' and copy that" >&2
 	@exit 1