diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c8493261..c2ae5226b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-06-01  Robert Larice
+ * src/Makefile.am :
+   update tclspice to support build in a sparate directory
+
 2011-05-31  Robert Larice
  * tests/bin/check_cmc.sh ,
  * tests/bin/runQaTests.pl ,
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 19b719aec..60a2763f4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ libspice_la_LIBADD += \
 	$(LIBS)
 
 libspice_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
-libspice_la_LDFLAGS =  -shared -Wl,--version-script=tclspice.map
+libspice_la_LDFLAGS =  -shared -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/tclspice.map
 if TCLWIN
 libspice_la_LDFLAGS +=  -no-undefined
 libspice_la_LDFLAGS += --def spice.def @TCL_LIB_SPEC@