diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b746cb197..e110b318b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-06-27  Yves Blusseau <blusseau@zetam.org>
+
+	* util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in: Fix print messages replacing builtin
+	echo shell command by printf command.
+
 2012-06-26  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/term/arc/console.c (grub_console_init_output): Add one since
diff --git a/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in b/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
index 2b887b195..76133b4c1 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if which gettext >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
   :
 else
   gettext () {
-     echo -n "$@"
+     printf "%s" "$@"
   }
 fi
 
@@ -308,14 +308,14 @@ print_option_help () {
   print_option_help_lead="  $1"
   print_option_help_lspace="$(echo "$print_option_help_lead" | wc $print_option_help_wc)"
   print_option_help_fill="$((26 - print_option_help_lspace))"
-  echo -n "$print_option_help_lead"
+  printf "%s" "$print_option_help_lead"
   if test $print_option_help_fill -le 0; then
       print_option_help_nl=y
       echo
   else
       print_option_help_i=0;
       while test $print_option_help_i -lt $print_option_help_fill; do
-	  echo -n " "
+      printf " "
 	  print_option_help_i=$((print_option_help_i+1))
       done
       print_option_help_nl=n