diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index bcc0012888..6626f7beee 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-10-25  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
+
+	* insetfoot.C (latex): use \thanks instead of \footnote on titlepage 
+	layouts. This fixes problems with the memoir class (which does not 
+	allow \footnote) [bug 1677]
+
 2004-10-24  Andreas Vox  <vox@isp.uni-luebeck.de>
 
 	* insetindex.C (docbook): escape the index, to generate correct sgml.
diff --git a/src/insets/insetfoot.C b/src/insets/insetfoot.C
index 2d3b0c6f5c..4cae8b7f2f 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetfoot.C
+++ b/src/insets/insetfoot.C
@@ -63,8 +63,13 @@ int InsetFoot::latex(Buffer const & buf, ostream & os,
 	OutputParams runparams = runparams_in;
 	// footnotes in titling commands like \title have moving arguments
 	runparams.moving_arg |= runparams_in.intitle;
-
-	os << "%\n\\footnote{";
+	
+	// in titling commands, \thanks should be used instead of \footnote.
+	// some classes (e.g. memoir) do not understand \footnote.
+	if (runparams_in.intitle)
+		os << "%\n\\thanks{";
+	else
+		os << "%\n\\footnote{";
 
 	int const i = InsetText::latex(buf, os, runparams);
 	os << "%\n}";