diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e80e59a6..e6c7c1e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Jul 12 11:04:44 CEST 1999 Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am, example/Makefile.am: closed bug #1683
+
 Sun Jul 11 18:16:34 CEST 1999 Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org>
 
 	* example/Makefile.am, configure.in: added the makefile for the
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0a266443..0f239c3c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-SUBDIRS = doc example
+SUBDIRS = doc
 
 INCLUDES = -I@srcdir@ @CORBA_CFLAGS@ $(VERSION_FLAGS)
 
diff --git a/example/Makefile.am b/example/Makefile.am
index 45429f39..0978f95a 100644
--- a/example/Makefile.am
+++ b/example/Makefile.am
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ INCLUDES =					\
 
 LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libxml.la @Z_LIBS@
 
+$(top_builddir)/libxml.la:
+	(cd .. ; $(MAKE))