diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index d87791e..baac5a8 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 
 - IPMARK: print missing --shift parameter
+- build: use readlink -f in extensions/ipset/
 
 
 Xtables-addons 1.16 (May 27 2009)
diff --git a/extensions/ipset/GNUmakefile.in b/extensions/ipset/GNUmakefile.in
index a5d8a39..39bf160 100644
--- a/extensions/ipset/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/extensions/ipset/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 top_srcdir      := @top_srcdir@
 srcdir          := @srcdir@
 datarootdir     := @datarootdir@
-abstop_srcdir   := $(shell readlink -e ${top_srcdir})
-abssrcdir       := $(shell readlink -e ${srcdir})
+abstop_srcdir   := $(shell readlink -f ${top_srcdir})
+abssrcdir       := $(shell readlink -f ${srcdir})
 
 ifeq (${abstop_srcdir},)
 $(error Path resolution of ${top_srcdir} failed)