diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index b2cc81b726..a02ec2b660 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
    2002-12-01 23:12 UTC+0100 Foo Bar <foo.bar@foobar.org>
 */
 
+2003-05-09 17:20 UTC-0400 David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
+  * source/rtl/idle.c
+    + Added a PRG-callable function wrapper for hb_releaseCPU() and
+      named it HB_RELEASECPU.
+
 2003-05-09 14:40 UTC-0400 David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
   * source/rdd/dbcmd.c
     ! Fixed the FIELDPOS function to truncate long field names,
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c b/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c
index d77633b1ab..4e622efc57 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c
@@ -292,3 +292,9 @@ HB_FUNC( HB_IDLEDEL )
    if( !bFound )
       hb_ret();    /* return NIL */
 }
+
+/* Release a CPU time slice */
+HB_FUNC( HB_RELEASECPU )
+{
+   hb_releaseCPU();
+}