diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 72a4793fda..8910e6d1fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-06-26  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* src/BufferView.h: add a magic "friend" declaration to please
+	compaq cxx.
+
 2000-06-23  Angus Leeming <a.leeming@ic.ac.uk>
 
 	* forms/cite.fd: modified to allow resizing without messing
diff --git a/src/BufferView.h b/src/BufferView.h
index ed2e57805c..2795f8c0cd 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.h
+++ b/src/BufferView.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ public:
 	void stuffClipboard(string const &) const;
 private:
 	struct Pimpl;
+	friend struct BufferView::Pimpl;
 	Pimpl * pimpl_;
 };