diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7589afc69..02d3cb9dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 <<<<<<< ChangeLog
+Weds Aug 12 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+
+	* NSCell.m: Modified ([-copyWithZone:]) to use alloc-init to create
+	new cell so that it works properly for subclasses that need to be
+	initialised.
+
 Tues Aug 11 1998  Felipe A. Rodriguez  <far@ix.netcom.com>
 
 	* externs.m further defined the NSStringAdditions globals. 
diff --git a/Source/NSCell.m b/Source/NSCell.m
index 6662823c1..151e8d044 100644
--- a/Source/NSCell.m
+++ b/Source/NSCell.m
@@ -776,7 +776,9 @@
 
 - (id)copyWithZone:(NSZone*)zone
 {
-  NSCell* c = NSAllocateObject (isa, 0, zone);
+  NSCell* c;
+
+  c = [[isa allocWithZone: zone] init];
 
   [c setStringValue:contents];
   [c setImage:cell_image];