diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 10b2371e18..1343fc57f0 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
    past entries belonging to these authors: Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-05-22 16:28 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/config/dir.cf
+    * do not enable parallel execution rules for GNU makes 3.7* and 3.80*
+      which are known to have problems with them
+
 2009-05-22 15:32 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar hu)
   * utils/hbmk2/hbmk2.prg
     + Added autodetection of xmingw and mingw32ce tools on Linux.
diff --git a/harbour/config/dir.cf b/harbour/config/dir.cf
index 2e271715cb..ac0f85c854 100644
--- a/harbour/config/dir.cf
+++ b/harbour/config/dir.cf
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ ifneq ($(HB_ARCHITECTURE),)
 ifneq ($(HB_COMPILER),)
 
 include $(TOP)$(ROOT)config/global.cf
-# this make version does not work correctly parallel execution rules below
-ifeq ($(MAKE_VERSION),3.79.1)
+
+# these make versions does not work correctly with
+# parallel execution rules below
+OLD_MAKE:=$(MAKE_VERSION:3.7%=YES)
+OLD_MAKE:=$(OLD_MAKE:3.80%=OLD)
+
+ifeq ($(OLD_MAKE),YES)
 include $(TOP)$(ROOT)config/$(HB_ARCHITECTURE)/dir.cf
 endif