diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index a922b2ab68..6e4f66f025 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-09-01 14:02 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/config/global.mk
+    ! fixed MinGW prefix detection in some cross installations, i.e.
+      Debian ones.
+
 2009-09-01 11:33 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/source/rtl/hbsocket.c
     ! added sock_init()/sock_exit() calls to DOS builds.
diff --git a/harbour/config/global.mk b/harbour/config/global.mk
index af73c242d1..a9fa54dfbf 100644
--- a/harbour/config/global.mk
+++ b/harbour/config/global.mk
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ ifeq ($(HB_COMPILER),)
                MINGW_BASE_LIST := /usr /usr/local /usr/local/mingw32 /opt/xmingw
                MINGW_PREFIX := $(firstword $(foreach d, $(MINGW_BASE_LIST), $(wildcard $(d)/bin/i?86-mingw*-gcc$(HB_HOST_BIN_EXT))))
                ifneq ($(MINGW_PREFIX),)
+                  MINGW_PREFIX := $(MINGW_PREFIX:gcc$(HB_HOST_BIN_EXT)=)
                   HB_CCPATH := $(dir $(MINGW_PREFIX))
                   HB_CCPREFIX := $(notdir $(MINGW_PREFIX))
                else