diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 481c0f04b..8fe21a1c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
         Note that this doesn't force auto-hinting for all fonts however.
 
+        * Jamfile: small fix to ensure that ftexport.sym is placed in the
+        same location than other generated objects (i.e. within the 'objs'
+        directory of the current dir)
+
 2005-12-07  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/sfnt/sfobjc.c (sfnt_init_face): Move tag check to...
diff --git a/Jamfile b/Jamfile
index 2a3a2fb4c..b3e9d2460 100644
--- a/Jamfile
+++ b/Jamfile
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ rule GenExportSymbols
   local  apinames = apinames$(SUFEXE) ;
   local  headers  = [ Glob $(2) : *.h ] ;
 
+  LOCATE on $(1) = $(ALL_LOCATE_TARGET) ;
+
   APINAMES on $(1) = apinames$(SUFEXE) ;
 
   Depends            $(1) : $(apinames) $(headers) ;