diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3cd9afc7f..097920896 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-13  Ricccardo Mottola <riccardo@kaffe.org>
+
+	* Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m : removed C99-ism
+
 2007-04-13  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* Version: Fix matching numeric version
diff --git a/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m b/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m
index fce29d1f7..7e193286e 100644
--- a/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m
+++ b/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m
@@ -1239,6 +1239,8 @@ static void debugWrite(GSHTTPURLHandle *handle, NSData *data)
 
   if (sock != nil)
     {
+      int fd;
+    
       if (debug)
         {
 	  NSLog(@"%@ check for reusable socket", NSStringFromSelector(_cmd));
@@ -1269,7 +1271,7 @@ static void debugWrite(GSHTTPURLHandle *handle, NSData *data)
 		  object: test];
       RELEASE(test);
 #else
-      int	fd = [sock fileDescriptor];
+      fd = [sock fileDescriptor];
 
       if (fd >= 0)
         {