diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 626a35424..8f1931029 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.99 - 
 ===================================
+  Fix exported symbols regex for non-GNU busybox sed.
   Accept --yes in all commands so test scripts can be simpler.
   Fix alignment of PV data area if detected alignment less than 1 MB (2.02.74).
   Fix memory resource leak in memlocking error path.
diff --git a/make.tmpl.in b/make.tmpl.in
index b33ddb352..df7453da7 100644
--- a/make.tmpl.in
+++ b/make.tmpl.in
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ distclean: cleandir $(SUBDIRS.distclean)
 	( cat $(srcdir)/.exported_symbols; \
 	  if test x$(EXPORTED_HEADER) != x; then \
 		$(CC) -E -P $(INCLUDES) $(DEFS) $(EXPORTED_HEADER) | \
-		$(SED) -ne "/^typedef|}/!s/.*[ \*]\(\$(EXPORTED_FN_PREFIX)_[a-z0-9_]*\)(.*/\1/p"; \
+		$(SED) -ne "/^typedef|}/!s/.*[ *]\($(EXPORTED_FN_PREFIX)_[a-z0-9_]*\)(.*/\1/p"; \
 	  fi \
 	) > $@