diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog
index 3f0a215525..4be457c3b4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-31  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* helper_funcs.C (get_invalid_chars_latex): allow ':' characters
+	in file names.
+
 2005-05-24  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* ControlBibtex.C (browseBib, browseBst): backport 1.4.x code
diff --git a/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C b/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C
index bb19605606..a52d08a518 100644
--- a/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C
+++ b/src/frontends/controllers/helper_funcs.C
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace {
 
 string const get_invalid_chars_latex()
 {
-	string invalid_chars("#$%{}()[]:\"^");
+	string invalid_chars("#$%{}()[]\"^");
 	if (!lyxrc.tex_allows_spaces)
 		invalid_chars += ' ';
 	return invalid_chars;