diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cbfee1d86..34c0c9d60 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-01-31  Pierre-Yves Rivaille <pyrivail@ens-lyon.fr>
+
+	* Source/NSCell.m
+	* Headers/gnustep/gui/NSCell.h : new [NSCell -setHighlighted:] 
+	method
+
 2002-01-30  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* Version: 0.7.5
diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSCell.h b/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSCell.h
index 2ae51e7d9..e0c04706d 100644
--- a/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSCell.h
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSCell.h
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ typedef enum _NSControlSize {
 	withFrame:(NSRect)cellFrame
 	   inView:(NSView *)controlView;
 - (BOOL)isHighlighted;
+- (void)setHighlighted: (BOOL) flag;
 
 //
 // Editing Text 
diff --git a/Source/NSCell.m b/Source/NSCell.m
index 12d1bfd81..b0a6c2c0e 100644
--- a/Source/NSCell.m
+++ b/Source/NSCell.m
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ static NSColor	*shadowCol;
     }
 }
 
+
 /*
  * Setting the NSCell's State
  */
@@ -1666,6 +1667,11 @@ static NSColor	*shadowCol;
   [self drawInteriorWithFrame: cellFrame inView: controlView];
 }
 
+- (void) setHighlighted: (BOOL) flag
+{
+  _cell.is_highlighted = flag;
+}
+
 - (BOOL) isHighlighted
 {
   return _cell.is_highlighted;