diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 68d21f1..0723f72 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-07-20  Wolfgang Lux  <wolfgang.lux@gmail.com>
+
+	* EcConsole.m (-ecRun): Pass distantFuture to -runMode:beforeDate:
+	to prevent returning immediately from the run loop after recent
+	gnustep-base changes.
+
 2016-06-09  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* EcControl.m: Fix bug where alerter config was not always updated
diff --git a/EcConsole.m b/EcConsole.m
index 0508f7e..1ad7658 100644
--- a/EcConsole.m
+++ b/EcConsole.m
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ static BOOL commandIsRepeat (NSString *string)
 - (int) ecRun
 {
   NSRunLoop	*loop;
+  NSDate	*distantFuture;
 
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBREADLINE)
   if (YES == interactive)
@@ -953,8 +954,9 @@ static BOOL commandIsRepeat (NSString *string)
     }
 #endif
 
+  distantFuture = [NSDate distantFuture];
   loop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
-  while (YES == [loop runMode: NSDefaultRunLoopMode beforeDate: nil])
+  while (YES == [loop runMode: NSDefaultRunLoopMode beforeDate: distantFuture])
     {
       if (0 != [self cmdSignalled])
 	{