diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 529c77011..e44f79064 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2007-11-09  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	bootstrap: fix typo to enable use of $gnulib_tool_option_extras.
+	* bootstrap (gnulib_tool_options): Add a space before the use
+	of $gnulib_tool_option_extras, so that it's separated from the
+	preceding argument.
+
 	install+SELinux: reduce a 12x performance hit to ~1.5x
 	* src/install.c (setdefaultfilecon): Call matchpathcon_init_prefix,
 	to mitigate what would otherwise be a large performance hit due to
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 110c77a7c..1eec10f13 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ gnulib_tool_options="\
  --source-base $bt/lib/\
  --tests-base $bt/tests\
  --local-dir $local_gl_dir\
-$gnulib_tool_option_extras\
+ $gnulib_tool_option_extras\
 "
 echo "$0: $gnulib_tool $gnulib_tool_options --import ..."
 $gnulib_tool $gnulib_tool_options --import $gnulib_modules &&