diff --git a/src/backend/port/Makefile.in b/src/backend/port/Makefile.in
index b619881244..617772de0c 100644
--- a/src/backend/port/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/backend/port/Makefile.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # be converted to Method 2.  
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/port/Attic/Makefile.in,v 1.11 1997/12/20 04:43:20 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/port/Attic/Makefile.in,v 1.12 1997/12/30 04:08:55 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ INCLUDE_OPT = -I..
 
 CFLAGS+= ${INCLUDE_OPT}
 
-OBJS = dynloader.o @INET_ATON@ @STRERROR@ @RANDOM@ @SRANDOM@
+OBJS = dynloader.o @INET_ATON@ @STRERROR@ @MISSING_RANDOM@ @SRANDOM@
 OBJS+= @GETHOSTNAME@ @GETRUSAGE@ @STRCASECMP@ @STRDUP@
 
 all: SUBSYS.o
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 78e7364eef..84a31c636c 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3766,7 +3766,7 @@ EOF
 
 else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
-RANDOM='random.o'
+MISSING_RANDOM='random.o'
 fi
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for inet_aton""... $ac_c" 1>&6
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 6828e3a160..d584ef127f 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostname,
               GETHOSTNAME='gethostname.o')
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(random, 
               AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RANDOM), 
-              RANDOM='random.o')
+              MISSING_RANDOM='random.o')
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(inet_aton, 
               AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INET_ATON), 
               INET_ATON='inet_aton.o')