diff --git a/tarball b/tarball
index 1b60d49..12bf7ee 100755
--- a/tarball
+++ b/tarball
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TARFILE=${PREFIX}${PATCHLEVEL}.tar
 git archive --format=tar --prefix=${PREFIX}/ $REL > ${TARFILE}
 tar f ${TARFILE} --delete ${PREFIX}/.gitignore --delete ${PREFIX}/tarball
 mkdir ${PREFIX}
-${REL} > ${PREFIX}/ChangeLog
+git log ${REL} > ${PREFIX}/ChangeLog
 tar rf ${TARFILE} ${PREFIX}
 rm -rf ${PREFIX}
 bzip2 ${TARFILE}