diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 80f17949c7..87deb488f6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-09-14  Brian Cameron  <brian.cameron@sun.com
+
+	* tools/gst-launch-ext-m.m:  Changed ~ to $ENV{HOME} to allow
+	  this script to work on Solaris since bash shell handles echo
+	  differenly than bash.
+
 2004-09-17  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c: (queue_overrun), (no_more_pads),
diff --git a/tools/gst-launch-ext-m.m b/tools/gst-launch-ext-m.m
index d7908df929..9a4b8c2d2d 100644
--- a/tools/gst-launch-ext-m.m
+++ b/tools/gst-launch-ext-m.m
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sub read_config
 {
   my $command = shift;
 
-  my $config_file = `echo -n ~`."/.gst";
+  my $config_file = $ENV{HOME}."/.gst";
   if (-e $config_file)
   {
     open CONFIG, $config_file;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub read_config
   }
   if (!defined $cfg{AUDIOSINK})  { $cfg{AUDIOSINK} = "osssink"; }
   if (!defined $cfg{VIDEOSINK})  { $cfg{VIDEOSINK} = "ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink"; }
-  if (!defined $cfg{CVS_PATH})   { $cfg{CVS_PATH} =  `echo -n ~`."/gst/cvs"; }
+  if (!defined $cfg{CVS_PATH})   { $cfg{CVS_PATH} =  $ENV{HOME}."/gst/cvs"; }
 
   if ($command =~ /(.+)\/gst-launch-ext-@GST_MAJORMINOR@$/)
   { $cfg{COMMAND_PATH} = "$1"; }