diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0c212a2..dea1c30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-05-05  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
+
+	* config.sub: Pass the -r option to 'read'.
+
 2018-05-05  John Ericson  <john.ericson@obsidian.systems>
 
 	* config.sub: Properly recognise configuration types with four
diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub
index deb14e9..7ef21b7 100755
--- a/config.sub
+++ b/config.sub
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ case $# in
 esac
 
 # Spilt fields of configuration type
-IFS="-" read field1 field2 field3 field4 <<EOF
+IFS="-" read -r field1 field2 field3 field4 <<EOF
 $1
 EOF