diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 652062a5c0..de60c559b8 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+19991005-20:35 EDT Paul Tucker <ptucker@sympatico.ca>
+  * source/rtl/memoline.c
+    * add a cast on xgrab call.
+
 19991006-02:26 GMT+1 Victor Szel <info@szelvesz.hu>
   * include/set.h
     source/rtl/set.c
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/memoline.c b/harbour/source/rtl/memoline.c
index 10e80cff44..5ded8df36d 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/memoline.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/memoline.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ HARBOUR HB_MEMOLINE( void )
       }
       else
       {
-         char * pszLine = hb_xgrab( uiLineLength );
+         char * pszLine = (char *)hb_xgrab( uiLineLength );
          memset( pszLine, ' ', uiLineLength );
          memcpy( pszLine, ( pszString + ulLineBegin ), ( ulLineEnd - ulLineBegin + 1 ) );
          hb_retclen( pszLine, uiLineLength );