diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2e6ab2bdc..e9b054d0c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-11-21  Felix Zielcke  <fzielcke@z-51.de>
+
+	* Makefile.in (target): Use make's builtin $(shell) function
+	instead of calling directly $(SHELL) to create the locale directories,
+	inside the $(foreach) function.
+
 2009-11-21  Felix Zielcke  <fzielcke@z-51.de>
 
 	* util/grub-mkrescue.in: Print an error and usage if output option
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index edc6c3853..d9f107bef 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ install-local: all
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir$$file $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/grub/$$dest; \
 	done
 	$(foreach lang, $(LINGUAS), \
-	$(SHELL) $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/locale/$(lang)/LC_MESSAGES \
+	$(shell $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/locale/$(lang)/LC_MESSAGES) \
 	@list='po/$(lang).mo'; \
 	for file in $$list; do \
 	  if test -f "$$file"; then dir=; else dir="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \