diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 2a626b76df..579ebcc39e 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-08-22 23:21 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  + config/os2-echo.exe
+  * config/globsh.mk
+  * config/readme.txt
+    + Replaced OS/2 native echo with GNU echo tool.
+
 2009-08-22 22:43 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * bin/hb-mkimp.bat
     ! Fix to prev. Some debug stuff.
diff --git a/harbour/config/globsh.mk b/harbour/config/globsh.mk
index c58dd74868..500612f812 100644
--- a/harbour/config/globsh.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/globsh.mk
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ CP := $(TOOL_DIR)os2-cp -f
 LN :=
 MD := $(TOOL_DIR)os2-mkdir
 MDP := $(TOOL_DIR)os2-mkdir -p
-ECHO := echo
-ECHOQUOTE :=
+ECHO := $(TOOL_DIR)os2-echo
+ECHOQUOTE := "
 
 dirbase::
 	-@$(MDP) $(OBJ_DIR)
diff --git a/harbour/config/os2-echo.exe b/harbour/config/os2-echo.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..796f290c8c
Binary files /dev/null and b/harbour/config/os2-echo.exe differ
diff --git a/harbour/config/readme.txt b/harbour/config/readme.txt
index cff9db60b1..1b1ed698f1 100644
--- a/harbour/config/readme.txt
+++ b/harbour/config/readme.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Included utilities are:
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/fil41s.zip
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2/djdev203.zip
              ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2/djlsr203.zip
-        - OS/2 (os2-mkdir.exe, os2-rm.exe, os2-cp.exe)
+        - OS/2 (os2-mkdir.exe, os2-rm.exe, os2-cp.exe, os2-echo.exe)
              http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php?page=build-environment
              http://download.smedley.info/buildenv_20071022.zip
              (couldn't find the sources here)