diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 2d6965b..986b341 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-08-25  Josh Stone  <jistone@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.am: Prevent premature @AR@ replacement in a sed expression.
+
 2014-07-04  Menanteau Guy  <menantea@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 	    Mark Wielaard  <mjw@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 9829f15..28dad85 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 make-debug-archive: $(srcdir)/make-debug-archive.in
 	UNSTRIP=$(bindir)/`echo unstrip | sed '$(transform)'`; \
 	AR=$(bindir)/`echo ar | sed '$(transform)'`; \
-	sed -e "s,@UNSTRIP@,$$UNSTRIP,g" -e "s,@AR@,$$AR,g" \
+	sed -e "s,[@]UNSTRIP[@],$$UNSTRIP,g" -e "s,[@]AR[@],$$AR,g" \
 	    -e "s%[@]PACKAGE_NAME[@]%$(PACKAGE_NAME)%g" \
 	    -e "s%[@]PACKAGE_VERSION[@]%$(PACKAGE_VERSION)%g" \
 	    $(srcdir)/make-debug-archive.in > $@.new