diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index e54c262862..314912b2b1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
      * Change, ! Fix, % Optimization, + Addition, - Removal, ; Comment
  */
 
+2015-02-15 21:31 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * src/rdd/dbf1.c
+    * slightly modified code which tries to detect if field flags were
+      used in DBF header
+
 2015-02-15 20:44 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
   * src/common/hbdate.c
     ! fixed rounding negative UTC offsets in MS-Windows builds.
diff --git a/src/rdd/dbf1.c b/src/rdd/dbf1.c
index 381254723e..c8e59e36b8 100644
--- a/src/rdd/dbf1.c
+++ b/src/rdd/dbf1.c
@@ -4204,7 +4204,7 @@ static HB_ERRCODE hb_dbfOpen( DBFAREAP pArea, LPDBOPENINFO pOpenInfo )
                       HB_GET_LE_UINT32( &pField->bReserved2[ 4 ] ) != 0 ||
                       HB_GET_LE_UINT32( pField->bCounter ) != 0 ||
                       pField->bStep != 0 ||
-                      ( pField->bFieldFlags & ~uiFlags ) != 0 )
+                      ( pField->bFieldFlags & ~( HB_FF_NULLABLE | HB_FF_BINARY ) ) != 0 )
                      uiFlags = 0;
                   break;
                default: