diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 25c432dc..9a02343d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-1999-09-17  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
+1999-09-22  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
 	* Version 3.78 released.
 
+	* main.c (main): Only fail on multiple --jobserver-fds options if
+	they aren't all the same.  Some makefiles use things like
+	$(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) which will cause multiple, identical copies of
+	--jobserver-fds to show up.
+
 1999-09-16  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
 	* main.c (define_makeflags): Zero out FLAGSTRING to avoid
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 132421bf..ec92f010 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1321,8 +1321,9 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
   {
     char *cp;
 
-    if (jobserver_fds->idx > 1)
-      fatal (NILF, _("internal error: multiple --jobserver-fds options"));
+    for (i=1; i < jobserver_fds->idx; ++i)
+      if (!streq (jobserver_fds->list[0], jobserver_fds->list[i]))
+        fatal (NILF, _("internal error: multiple --jobserver-fds options"));
 
     /* Now parse the fds string and make sure it has the proper format.  */