diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6316203f..76608d427 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-03-11  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (.NOTPARALLEL): Add fake tag.
+
 2002-03-07  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)
 
 	* configure.in: Enable gprof for mips*-*-linux*.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7bf5b5a3b..a9e539c9d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 #
 
+# Tell GNU make 2.79 not to run the top level in parallel.  This 
+# prevents contention for $builddir/$target/config.cache, as well
+# as minimizing scatter in file system caches.
+.NOTPARALLEL:
+
 srcdir = .
 
 prefix = /usr/local