diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 63c27d5..7c5c2dc 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [Changes 1.2c01]
 
+* Apply a fix contributed by cpet for the configure script on
+  FreeBSD 9. (caf)
+
 * Fix a refcounting issue in the whowas list handling, which should make
   the listing of users that left in a netsplit right again. (caf)
 
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 3bbb76e..4d71111 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_CHECK_PLUGIN_SUPPORT,
             system="unknown"
         else
           if test -r "/etc/.relid" -a x"`uname -n`" = x"`uname -s`"; then
-            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $3}' /etc/.relid'`"
+            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $[3]}' /etc/.relid'`"
           fi
         fi
       fi
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1729e2e..fcb6a74 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 20 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 52 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.
 #
@@ -12665,7 +12665,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}unknown \(can't find uname command\)" >&6
             system="unknown"
         else
           if test -r "/etc/.relid" -a x"`uname -n`" = x"`uname -s`"; then
-            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print }' /etc/.relid'`"
+            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $3}' /etc/.relid'`"
           fi
         fi
       fi
@@ -13933,7 +13933,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}unknown \(can't find uname command\)" >&6
             system="unknown"
         else
           if test -r "/etc/.relid" -a x"`uname -n`" = x"`uname -s`"; then
-            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print }' /etc/.relid'`"
+            system="MP-RAS-`$AWK '{print $3}' /etc/.relid'`"
           fi
         fi
       fi