--- acinclude.m4.orig	2004-08-19 22:30:34.729944200 -0500
+++ acinclude.m4	2004-08-19 22:31:02.021056464 -0500
@@ -999,8 +999,8 @@
 for tmp_underscore in "" "_"; do
   cat >conftes2.s <<EOF
       	$gmp_cv_asm_text
-	$gmp_cv_asm_globl ${tmp_underscore}underscore_test
-${tmp_underscore}underscore_test$gmp_cv_asm_label_suffix
+	$gmp_cv_asm_globl .${tmp_underscore}underscore_test
+.${tmp_underscore}underscore_test$gmp_cv_asm_label_suffix
 EOF
   case $host in
   *-*-aix*)