diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5f493709ec..eaddd585f9 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2002-08-14  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@freesurf.fr>
+
+	* lyxfunc.C (getStatus): disable math-extern outside of math mode
 
 2002-08-13  André Pönitz <poenitz@gmx.net>
 
diff --git a/src/lyxfunc.C b/src/lyxfunc.C
index 549018fdda..9e10195da2 100644
--- a/src/lyxfunc.C
+++ b/src/lyxfunc.C
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ FuncStatus LyXFunc::getStatus(FuncRequest const & ev) const
 	case LFUN_MATH_LIMITS:
 	case LFUN_MATH_NONUMBER:
 	case LFUN_MATH_NUMBER:
+	case LFUN_MATH_EXTERN:
 		disable = !mathcursor;
 		break;