diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b32775f6d..bc7451902 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-06  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/Additions/GSXML.m: 
+	Hack to avoid issues on systems where the xml headers use the reserved
+	word 'id'.
+
 2008-12-06  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/Additions/GSCategories.m: ([+launchPathForTool:])
diff --git a/Source/Additions/GSXML.m b/Source/Additions/GSXML.m
index 9e3998b42..6b0402e08 100644
--- a/Source/Additions/GSXML.m
+++ b/Source/Additions/GSXML.m
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 #include "GNUstepBase/GSXML.h"
 #include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
+/* Avoid problems on systems where the xml headers use 'id'
+ */
+#define	id	GSXMLID
+
 /* libxml headers */
 #include <libxml/tree.h>
 #include <libxml/entities.h>
@@ -79,6 +83,9 @@
 #include <libxslt/xsltutils.h>
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBXSLT */
 
+#undef	id
+
+
 /*
  * optimization
  *