diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 66b12084fc..c5b214dd17 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+19991215-12:09 GMT+1 Antonio Linares <alinares@fivetech.com>
+  + added common.b32 provided by Jose Lalin
+  * tests/bld_b32.bat
+    a %2 extra parameter is accepted. i.e.: bld_b32 hello /p
+
 19991215-13:35 GMT+3 Alexander Kresin
   * source/pp/hbpp.c
     * Bug fixed, reported by Victor Szel
diff --git a/harbour/common.b32 b/harbour/common.b32
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bcbcf5a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harbour/common.b32
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# $Id:
+#
+
+# makefile for Borland C/C++ 32 bits
+
+.path.c   = source\common
+.path.h   = include
+.path.lib = lib\b32
+.path.obj = obj
+
+PROJECT: lib\b32\common.lib
+
+lib\b32\common.lib : hbfsapi.obj hbstr.obj hbtrace.obj reserved.obj
+
+hbfsapi.obj   : hbfsapi.c
+hbstr.obj     : hbstr.c
+hbtrace.obj   : hbtrace.c
+reserver.obj  : reserved.c
+
+.c.obj :
+   bcc32 -c -O2 -Iinclude -o$@ $<
+   tlib lib\b32\common.lib -+$@,,
diff --git a/harbour/tests/bld_b32.bat b/harbour/tests/bld_b32.bat
index 992c5f40c5..31dc3aa70a 100644
--- a/harbour/tests/bld_b32.bat
+++ b/harbour/tests/bld_b32.bat
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ rem $Id$
 rem
 
 ..\bin\harbour %1 %2 /n /i..\include
-bcc32 -e%1.exe -O2 -I..\include -L..\lib\b32 -v harbour.lib terminal.lib hbpp.lib hbgt.lib rdd.lib %1.c
+bcc32 -e%1.exe -O2 -I..\include -L..\lib\b32 -v harbour.lib terminal.lib hbpp.lib hbgt.lib common.lib rdd.lib %1.c
 rem del %1.c