diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8848a6a9d..41f61a565 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-20  Yavor Doganov  <yavor@gnu.org>  (tiny change)
+
+	* config/procfs.m4: Check for `proc' in /proc/mounts rather than
+	relying on the output of `mount'; fixes build issue in
+	chroots.  Reported by Funda Wang (bug #23876).
+
 2008-07-17  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/Additions/GSCategories.m: littleEndian() fix to work on
diff --git a/config/procfs.m4 b/config/procfs.m4
index 386110767..47b56e1dc 100644
--- a/config/procfs.m4
+++ b/config/procfs.m4
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_SYS_PROCFS,
   #  if test -d /proc/0; then
   # but it doesn't work on my linux - /proc/0 does not exist, but /proc
   # works fine
-    if (mount | grep 'proc' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null); then 
+    if grep 'proc' /proc/mounts >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
       ac_cv_sys_procfs=yes
     else
       ac_cv_sys_procfs=no
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index acc43dd13..aae70d2a6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15749,7 +15749,7 @@ else
   #  if test -d /proc/0; then
   # but it doesn't work on my linux - /proc/0 does not exist, but /proc
   # works fine
-    if (mount | grep 'proc' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null); then
+    if grep 'proc' /proc/mounts >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
       ac_cv_sys_procfs=yes
     else
       ac_cv_sys_procfs=no