diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f233cd0..80254a2f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Mar  7 09:50:09 CET 2006 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* xml2-config.in: fix Red Hat bug #184170
+
 Mon Mar  6 14:21:08 CET 2006 Kasimier Buchcik <libxml2-cvs@cazic.net>
 
 	* tree.c: Simplified usage of the internal xmlNsMap. Added a
diff --git a/xml2-config.in b/xml2-config.in
index c9c905c4..30e13435 100644
--- a/xml2-config.in
+++ b/xml2-config.in
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
        	;;
 
     --libtool-libs)
-	echo ${libdir}/@XML_LIBTOOLLIBS@
+	if [ -r ${libdir}/@XML_LIBTOOLLIBS@ ]
+	then
+	    echo ${libdir}/@XML_LIBTOOLLIBS@
+	fi
         ;;
 
     --modules)