diff --git a/alliance/src/rds/src/Makefile.in b/alliance/src/rds/src/Makefile.in
index 5503042d..d209bbf3 100644
--- a/alliance/src/rds/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/alliance/src/rds/src/Makefile.in
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
-	    cp -pr $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+	    cp -pr $$/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
 	  else \
 	    test -f $(distdir)/$$file \
 	    || ln $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \