diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d7056948f..0f92e9c74 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-17  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* */Makefile.am : define SYMBOLS if it isn't already to fix breakage
+	with older automakes. 
+
 2005-02-15  Dan Winship  <danw@novell.com>
 
 	* generator/ObjectGen.cs (GenChildProperties): If the class has an
diff --git a/atk/Makefile.am b/atk/Makefile.am
index 3422b882d..f571d43ec 100644
--- a/atk/Makefile.am
+++ b/atk/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 pkg = atk
 METADATA = Atk.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll
 
 sources = 
diff --git a/gda/Makefile.am b/gda/Makefile.am
index a726d64af..c0ee007de 100644
--- a/gda/Makefile.am
+++ b/gda/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pkg =
 endif
 
 METADATA = Gda.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll 
 
 sources = 				\
diff --git a/glade/Makefile.am b/glade/Makefile.am
index 4243a88f7..ee0fced84 100644
--- a/glade/Makefile.am
+++ b/glade/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ endif
 
 INCLUDE_API = ../pango/pango-api.xml ../atk/atk-api.xml ../gdk/gdk-api.xml ../gtk/gtk-api.xml
 METADATA = Glade.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll ../pango/pango-sharp.dll ../atk/atk-sharp.dll ../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll ../gtk/gtk-sharp.dll
 
 sources =				\
diff --git a/gnome/Makefile.am b/gnome/Makefile.am
index 6a447cbea..8c9b19031 100644
--- a/gnome/Makefile.am
+++ b/gnome/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ endif
 
 INCLUDE_API = ../pango/pango-api.xml ../atk/atk-api.xml ../gdk/gdk-api.xml ../gtk/gtk-api.xml ../art/art-api.xml
 METADATA = Gnome.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll ../pango/pango-sharp.dll ../atk/atk-sharp.dll ../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll ../gtk/gtk-sharp.dll ../art/art-sharp.dll
 
 sources =					\
diff --git a/gnomedb/Makefile.am b/gnomedb/Makefile.am
index d9175eb81..be12ed954 100644
--- a/gnomedb/Makefile.am
+++ b/gnomedb/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ APIS =
 endif
 INCLUDE_API = ../pango/pango-api.xml ../atk/atk-api.xml ../gdk/gdk-api.xml ../gtk/gtk-api.xml ../art/art-api.xml ../gnome/gnome-api.xml ../gda/gda-api.xml
 METADATA = GnomeDb.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll ../pango/pango-sharp.dll ../atk/atk-sharp.dll ../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll ../gtk/gtk-sharp.dll ../art/art-sharp.dll ../gnome/gnome-sharp.dll ../gda/gda-sharp.dll
 
 sources =				\
diff --git a/gtkhtml/Makefile.am b/gtkhtml/Makefile.am
index a5d9111ad..9b3a7d6c6 100644
--- a/gtkhtml/Makefile.am
+++ b/gtkhtml/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pkg =
 endif
 INCLUDE_API = ../pango/pango-api.xml ../atk/atk-api.xml ../gdk/gdk-api.xml ../gtk/gtk-api.xml ../art/art-api.xml ../gnome/gnome-api.xml
 METADATA = Gtk.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll ../pango/pango-sharp.dll ../atk/atk-sharp.dll ../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll ../gtk/gtk-sharp.dll ../art/art-sharp.dll ../gnome/gnome-sharp.dll
 
 sources =
diff --git a/pango/Makefile.am b/pango/Makefile.am
index 7ee728b2d..bb94bff88 100644
--- a/pango/Makefile.am
+++ b/pango/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SUBDIRS = . glue
 
 pkg = pango
 METADATA = Pango.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll
 
 sources = 		\
diff --git a/rsvg/Makefile.am b/rsvg/Makefile.am
index 2b0c18288..3595cc6f2 100644
--- a/rsvg/Makefile.am
+++ b/rsvg/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ endif
 
 INCLUDE_API = ../pango/pango-api.xml ../atk/atk-api.xml ../gdk/gdk-api.xml ../gtk/gtk-api.xml ../art/art-api.xml
 METADATA = Rsvg.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll ../pango/pango-sharp.dll ../atk/atk-sharp.dll ../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll ../gtk/gtk-sharp.dll ../art/art-sharp.dll
 
 sources =			\
diff --git a/vte/Makefile.am b/vte/Makefile.am
index 94ffc2073..e2ab7376f 100644
--- a/vte/Makefile.am
+++ b/vte/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pkg =
 endif
 INCLUDE_API = ../pango/pango-api.xml ../atk/atk-api.xml ../gdk/gdk-api.xml ../gtk/gtk-api.xml
 METADATA = Vte.metadata
+SYMBOLS =
 references = ../glib/glib-sharp.dll ../pango/pango-sharp.dll ../atk/atk-sharp.dll ../gdk/gdk-sharp.dll ../gtk/gtk-sharp.dll
 
 sources =