diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
index efa2a80c5..0c4b5a9ab 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Jun  2 13:23:25 2003  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@redhat.com>
+
+	* gnome-settings-xrdb.c (append_xresources): Patch from Jens
+	Granseuer <jensgr@gmx.net> to fix on non-C99 compilers.
+
 2003-05-07  Jody Goldberg <jody@gnome.org>
 
 	* Release 2.3.1
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xrdb.c b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xrdb.c
index de8eaf2d1..aace108a9 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xrdb.c
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-xrdb.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ static void
 append_xresources (GString *string, GError **error)
 {
 	const char* home_path;
+	char *xresources;
 
 	g_return_if_fail (string != NULL);
 
@@ -259,7 +260,8 @@ append_xresources (GString *string, GError **error)
 		g_warning (_("Cannot determine user's home directory"));
 		return;
 	}
-	char *xresources = g_build_filename (home_path, USER_X_RESOURCES, NULL);
+
+	xresources = g_build_filename (home_path, USER_X_RESOURCES, NULL);
 	if (g_file_test (xresources, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
 		append_file (xresources, string, error);
 		if (*error) {