diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 96174a2046..a8e7236ea7 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-12-15 21:15 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/include/hbinit.h
+    * use more portable asm() directive instead of __asm__()
+    * explicitly restore .text segment for compilers which do not make
+      it automatically
+      Thanks to Tamas for the information.
+
 2009-12-15 20:43 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/include/hbinit.h
     * eliminated from ASM code used in HB_INITSEG_STARTUP direct references
diff --git a/harbour/include/hbinit.h b/harbour/include/hbinit.h
index c62a9748ef..147a8fc92b 100644
--- a/harbour/include/hbinit.h
+++ b/harbour/include/hbinit.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ extern HB_EXPORT PHB_SYMB hb_vmProcessSymbols( PHB_SYMB pSymbols, USHORT uiSymbo
    #define HB_CALL_ON_STARTUP_END( func ) \
       } \
       HB_INIT_FUNCTION_REF( func ) \
-      __asm__ ( ".section .init\n\tcall " HB_MACRO2STRING( func ) "\n\t" );
+      asm ( ".section .init\n\tcall " HB_MACRO2STRING( func ) "\n\t.section .init\n\t" );
 
 
    #define HB_INIT_FUNCTION_REF( func )    \