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diff --git a/build-aux/mktempd b/build-aux/mktempd
index 5bee3f0c7..7a09a4b3b 100755
--- a/build-aux/mktempd
+++ b/build-aux/mktempd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Create a temporary directory, much like mktemp -d does.
 
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ mktempd()
   base_template=`echo "$template"|sed 's/XX*$//'`
 
   # Calculate how many X's we've just removed.
-  nx=`expr length "$template" - length "$base_template"`
+  template_length=`echo "$template" | wc -c`
+  nx=`echo "$base_template" | wc -c`
+  nx=`expr $template_length - $nx`
 
   err=
   i=1