diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index dc372a204..335d9b576 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ while (<IN>)
 	if ($sdirs) {
 		my $dir;
 		foreach $dir (@skip) {
-			s/$dir//;
+			s/ $dir / /;
 			}
 		}
 	$sdirs = 0 unless /\\$/;
diff --git a/crypto/Makefile.ssl b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
index b03458197..7a6d7f2cf 100644
--- a/crypto/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/crypto/Makefile.ssl
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ files:
 	$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/files.pl Makefile.ssl >> $(TOP)/MINFO
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making 'files' in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making 'files' in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) PERL='${PERL}' files ); \
 	done;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ links:
 	@$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/mklink.pl ../apps $(APPS)
 	@$(TOP)/util/point.sh Makefile.ssl Makefile
 	@for i in $(SDIRS); do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making links in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making links in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='$(CC)' INCLUDES='${INCLUDES}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' AR='${AR}' PERL='${PERL}' links ); \
 	done;
 
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ lib:	$(LIBOBJ)
 libs:
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making libs in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making libs in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='$(CC)' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALL_PREFIX='${INSTALL_PREFIX}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' AR='${AR}' lib ); \
 	done;
 
 tests:
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making tests in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making tests in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='$(CC)' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' AR='${AR}' tests ); \
 	done;
 
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ install:
 	done;
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making install in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making install in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='$(CC)' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALL_PREFIX='${INSTALL_PREFIX}'  INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' install ); \
 	done;
 
 lint:
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making lint in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making lint in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='$(CC)' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' lint ); \
 	done;
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ depend:
 	if [ ! -s buildinf.h ]; then rm buildinf.h; fi
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making depend in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making depend in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) MAKEFILE='${MAKEFILE}' INCLUDES='${INCLUDES}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' depend ); \
 	done;
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f buildinf.h *.o */*.o *.obj lib tags core .pure .nfs* *.old *.bak fluff
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making clean in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making clean in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='$(CC)' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' clean ); \
 	done;
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ dclean:
 	mv -f Makefile.new $(MAKEFILE)
 	@for i in $(SDIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "making dclean in crypto/$$i..."; \
+	(cd $$i && echo "making dclean in crypto/$$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) PERL='${PERL}' CC='$(CC)' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' dclean ); \
 	done;
 
diff --git a/crypto/err/err_all.c b/crypto/err/err_all.c
index 2ca5bef13..b088de65f 100644
--- a/crypto/err/err_all.c
+++ b/crypto/err/err_all.c
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <openssl/asn1.h>
 #include <openssl/bn.h>
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_EC
 #include <openssl/ec.h>
+#endif
 #include <openssl/buffer.h>
 #include <openssl/bio.h>
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_RSA
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ void ERR_load_crypto_strings(void)
 	ERR_load_ASN1_strings();
 	ERR_load_CONF_strings();
 	ERR_load_CRYPTO_strings();
+#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_EC
 	ERR_load_EC_strings();
+#endif
 	/* skip ERR_load_SSL_strings() because it is not in this library */
 	ERR_load_BIO_strings();
 	ERR_load_PKCS7_strings();