diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7e7512714..6a506da57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-14  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* Source/NSString.m (parseQuotedString): Fix interpretation of
+	octal escape sequences.
+
 2003-10-14  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* GSPrivate.h: New macros to aid with appropriate use of stack
diff --git a/Source/NSString.m b/Source/NSString.m
index 25433f564..db0271ffb 100644
--- a/Source/NSString.m
+++ b/Source/NSString.m
@@ -4614,7 +4614,7 @@ static inline id parseQuotedString(pldata* pld)
 	    {
 	      if (escaped == 1 && c >= '0' && c <= '7')
 		{
-		  chars[k] = 0;
+		  chars[k] = c - '0';
 		  hex = NO;
 		  escaped++;
 		}