diff --git a/src/bin/overrides/Makefile.am b/src/bin/overrides/Makefile.am
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+#SUBDIRS = . test
+
+gncoverridesdir = ${GNC_LIBEXECDIR}/overrides
+# When you add a file here, please modify ../test/Makefile.am's overrides.stamp
+gncoverrides_SCRIPTS = \
+  gnucash \
+  gnucash-env \
+  gnucash-make-guids \
+  gnucash-run-script \
+  guile
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+  .cvsignore \
+  gnucash-env.in \
+  gnucash-build-env.in \
+  guile.in 
+
+noinst_DATA = gnucash-build-env
+
+PWD := $(shell pwd)
+
+## We borrow guile's convention and use @-...-@ as the substitution
+## brackets below, instead of the usual @...@.  This prevents autoconf
+## from substituting the values directly into the left-hand sides of
+## the sed substitutions.  *sigh*
+
+guile: guile.in
+	rm -f $@.tmp
+	sed < $@.in > $@.tmp \
+	    -e 's:@-GUILE-@:${GUILE}:'
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+	chmod u+x $@
+BUILT_SOURCES = guile
+CLEANFILES = guile
+
+gnucash-env: gnucash-env.in
+	rm -f $@.tmp
+	sed < $@.in > $@.tmp \
+	    -e 's:@-G_WRAP_MODULE_DIR-@:${G_WRAP_MODULE_DIR}:g' \
+	    -e 's:@-GNC_GUILE_MODULE_DIR-@:${GNC_SHAREDIR}/guile-modules:g' \
+	    -e 's:@-GNC_SCM_INSTALL_DIR-@:${GNC_SCM_INSTALL_DIR}:g' \
+            -e 's:@-GNC_LIB_INSTALLDIR-@:${libdir}:' \
+            -e 's:@-GNC_PKGLIB_INSTALLDIR-@:${pkglibdir}:g' \
+	    -e 's:@-GNC_MODULE_DIR-@:${GNC_MODULE_DIR}:g' \
+            -e 's:@-GNC_SCRIPT_OVERRIDE_DIR-@:${gncoverridedir}:g'
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+	chmod u+x $@
+BUILT_SOURCES += gnucash-env
+CLEANFILES += gnucash-env
+
+gnucash-build-env: gnucash-build-env.in
+	rm -f $@.tmp
+	sed < $@.in > $@.tmp \
+	    -e 's:@-G_WRAP_MODULE_DIR-@:${G_WRAP_MODULE_DIR}:g' \
+            -e 's:@-GNC_BUILDDIR-@:${PWD}/${top_builddir}:g' \
+            -e 's:@-GNC_SRCDIR-@:${PWD}/${top_srcdir}:g'
+	mv $@.tmp $@
+	chmod u+x $@
+BUILT_SOURCES += gnucash-build-env
+CLEANFILES += gnucash-build-env