diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index f38859da2..37e70bf83 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 6 July 2009: Wouter
 	- prettier error handling in SSL setup.
+	- makedist.sh uname fix (same as ldns).
 
 3 July 2009: Wouter
 	- fixup linking when ldnsdir is "".
diff --git a/makedist.sh b/makedist.sh
index 46497e42b..1870497fb 100755
--- a/makedist.sh
+++ b/makedist.sh
@@ -346,8 +346,21 @@ case $OSTYPE in
                 sha256=`sha256  unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $5 }'`
                 ;;
 	*)
-                sha=`sha1sum unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $1 }'`
-                sha256=`sha256sum unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $1 }'`
+		# in case $OSTYPE is gone.
+		case `uname` in
+		Linux*)
+		  sha=`sha1sum unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $1 }'`
+		  sha256=`sha256sum unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $1 }'`
+		  ;;
+		FreeBSD*)
+		  sha=`sha1  unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $5 }'`
+		  sha256=`sha256  unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $5 }'`
+		  ;;
+		*)
+		  sha=`sha1sum unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $1 }'`
+		  sha256=`sha256sum unbound-$version.tar.gz |  awk '{ print $1 }'`
+		  ;;
+		esac
                 ;;
 esac
 echo $sha > unbound-$version.tar.gz.sha1