diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 94cfd06820..c6169d776e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-08-07  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile (TAGS): Use separate sed -e expressions to avoid \
+	inside ''.
+
 2009-08-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/strcspn.S: Add comments for no
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cab5ff3a17..e346979c03 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -341,9 +341,9 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: TAGS
 TAGS:
-	scripts/list-sources.sh | sed -n '/Makefile/p;\
+	scripts/list-sources.sh | sed -n -e '/Makefile/p' \
 	  $(foreach S,[chsSyl] cxx sh bash pl,\
-		    $(subst .,\.,/.$S\(.in\)*$$/p;))' \
+		    $(subst .,\.,-e '/.$S\(.in\)*$$/p')) \
 	| $(ETAGS) -o $@ -
 
 # Make the distribution tarfile.