diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9203cbe56..95506510c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-08-16  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* Makefile.maint (gzip_rsyncable): Throw away stderr output of
+	"gzip --help".
+
 2006-08-16  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* tests/cp/acl: Don't use non-portable == operator for test.
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index a5df8427b..1f3cd00bf 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ME := Makefile.maint
 # Do not save the original name or timestamp in the .tar.gz file.
 # Use --rsyncable if available.
 gzip_rsyncable := \
-  $(shell gzip --help|grep rsyncable >/dev/null && echo --rsyncable)
+  $(shell gzip --help 2>/dev/null|grep rsyncable >/dev/null && echo --rsyncable)
 GZIP_ENV = '--no-name --best $(gzip_rsyncable)'
 
 CVS = cvs