diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
index 3b7be586363..b17b8f8131a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-03-04  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in: Remove GNU make feature --directory.
+
 2011-02-28  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
 
 	* utils.c (decimal2str): Initialize 'width' to nine, then
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
index 352f4f14c98..68f7bc67ab9 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ FLAGS_TO_PASS = \
 all: gdbserver$(EXEEXT) gdbreplay$(EXEEXT) $(extra_libraries)
 
 $(LIBCOMMON): $(LIBCOMMON_DIR)/Makefile
-	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) DO=all --directory=common
+	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) DO=all DODIRS=common subdir_do
 
 common/Makefile: configure-common config.status
         CONFIG_FILES="common/Makefile" \