diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 03554b46f0..e89334e9a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Dec 16 11:18:30 2009  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* configure.in(MINIRUBY): use "$BASERUBY" as a default ruby executable
+	  name.
+
 Wed Dec 16 00:53:14 2009  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* lib/find.rb (Find.find): rescue more exceptions which is possible to
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f0f8c0a120..d2a8228265 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2029,7 +2029,7 @@ if test "$prefix" = NONE; then
 fi
 
 if test x"$cross_compiling" = xyes; then
-  test x"$MINIRUBY" = x && MINIRUBY="${RUBY-ruby} -I`pwd` "-r'$(arch)-fake'
+  test x"$MINIRUBY" = x && MINIRUBY="${RUBY-$BASERUBY} -I`pwd` "-r'$(arch)-fake'
   PREP='$(arch)-fake.rb'
   RUNRUBY='$(MINIRUBY) -I`cd $(srcdir)/lib; pwd`'
   XRUBY='$(MINIRUBY)'