diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index ef5444ca24..d1716e8aac 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-06  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* sp_spell.C: let the new aspell pspell work
+ 
 2002-08-01  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* lyxfunc.C: let user specify a non-existent file on open
diff --git a/src/sp_spell.C b/src/sp_spell.C
index b5b47d907a..0a7c4d0795 100644
--- a/src/sp_spell.C
+++ b/src/sp_spell.C
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ namespace {
 #include "support/LAssert.h"
 
 #define USE_ORIGINAL_MANAGER_FUNCS 1
+// new aspell pspell missing extern "C"
+extern "C" {
 # include <pspell/pspell.h>
+}
 
 #include "sp_pspell.h"
 
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ PSpell::~PSpell()
 void PSpell::initialize(BufferParams const &, string const & lang)
 {
 	PspellConfig * config = new_pspell_config();
-	config->replace("language-tag", lang.c_str());
+	pspell_config_replace(config, "language-tag", lang.c_str());
 	spell_error_object = new_pspell_manager(config);
 	if (pspell_error_number(spell_error_object) != 0) {
 		error_ = pspell_error_message(spell_error_object);