diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f26411a5f9..281150df2a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-Tue Mar 10 04:43:19 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Tue Mar 10 04:53:16 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* configure.in (MINIRUBY): keep macro into Makefile.
 
 	* configure.in (RUBY_CHECK_SIZEOF): fix for fallback.
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c183b08212..a21490e2ea 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ if test "$prefix" = NONE; then
 fi
 
 if test x"$cross_compiling" = xyes; then
-  test x"$MINIRUBY" = x && MINIRUBY="${RUBY-ruby} -I`pwd` -r$(arch)-fake"
+  test x"$MINIRUBY" = x && MINIRUBY="${RUBY-ruby} -I`pwd` "-r'$(arch)-fake'
   PREP='$(arch)-fake.rb'
   RUNRUBY='$(MINIRUBY) -I`cd $(srcdir)/lib; pwd`'
 else