diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2b04c8264f4..adf190621ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2009-08-23  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@mit.edu>
+2009-08-23  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@raeburn.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in (install-arch-indep): If the versioned DOC-####
+	generated during loadup+dump isn't found, install the plain DOC
+	file that always gets generated, in case CANNOT_DUMP is set.
 
 	* configure.in: Warn if package version specified here doesn't
 	match the version in version.el.
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 44c5cba7d9c..a3ddec80253 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ install-arch-indep: mkdir info install-etc
 	   then \
 	     docfile="DOC-$${fullversion}"; \
 	   else \
-	     docfile="DOC-${version}*"; \
+	     docfile="DOC"; \
 	   fi; \
 	   echo "Copying etc/$${docfile} to $(DESTDIR)${docdir} ..." ; \
 	   (cd ./etc; tar -chf - $${docfile}) \