diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index 4c7c8af0f1..bbe23aa462 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-15  Juergen Spitzmueller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
+ 
+ 	* FileDialog.C: fix empty mask string
+ 
 2002-11-17  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* QLImage.C: implement monochrome, and fake grayscale
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/FileDialog.C b/src/frontends/qt2/FileDialog.C
index e3fbc5ffdb..840d79bcd8 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/FileDialog.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/FileDialog.C
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ FileDialog::Result const FileDialog::save(string const & path,
 {
 	string filter(mask);
 	if (mask.empty())
-		filter = _("*|All files");
+		filter = _("All files (*)");
 
 	LyXFileDialog dlg(path, filter, title_, private_->b1, private_->b2);
 	lyxerr[Debug::GUI] << "Select with path \"" << path