diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 1c5a23e0e4..f30b70e364 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+20000331-04:30 EST Paul Tucker <ptucker@sympatico.ca>
+   * include/hbvmpub.h
+     * put the #pragma pack in _MSC_VER gaurds which got missed in the
+       original upload
+
 20000331-01:02 GMT+1 Victor Szakats <info@szelvesz.hu>
 
    * include/hbapilng.h
diff --git a/harbour/include/hbvmpub.h b/harbour/include/hbvmpub.h
index 18317e0fa8..49b26fc861 100644
--- a/harbour/include/hbvmpub.h
+++ b/harbour/include/hbvmpub.h
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ struct _HB_DYNS;
 /* 30/03/2000 - maurilio.longo@libero.it
 	OS/2 GCC valid values for pragma pack are 1, 2, 4 with 4 being default
 */
-#if !defined(HARBOUR_GCC_OS2)
-
-/* symbol support structure */
-#pragma pack(8)
-
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1000
+   #pragma pack(push, 8)
 #endif
 
+/* symbol support structure */
 typedef struct
 {
    char *            szName;  /* the name of the symbol */
@@ -61,6 +59,9 @@ typedef struct
    PHB_FUNC          pFunPtr; /* function address for function symbol table entries */
    struct _HB_DYNS * pDynSym; /* pointer to its dynamic symbol if defined */
 } HB_SYMB, * PHB_SYMB;
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1000
+   #pragma pack(pop)
+#endif
 
 /* dynamic symbol structure */
 typedef struct _HB_DYNS