diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 876b58cee1..9beebc7116 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
      * Change, ! Fix, % Optimization, + Addition, - Removal, ; Comment
  */
 
+2016-01-24 13:06 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * src/rdd/delim1.c
+    ! added missing casting - it fixes problem reported by Franček Prijatelj
+
 2016-01-23 13:59 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
   * contrib/hbformat/hbfmtcls.prg
     * applied patch by Maurizio la Cecilia:
diff --git a/src/rdd/delim1.c b/src/rdd/delim1.c
index 1fb66daf8e..fe71a4fca8 100644
--- a/src/rdd/delim1.c
+++ b/src/rdd/delim1.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int hb_delimNextChar( DELIMAREAP pArea )
 {
    for( ;; )
    {
-      char ch;
+      unsigned char ch;
 
       if( pArea->nBufferIndex >= pArea->nBufferAtRead &&
           pArea->nBufferRead == pArea->nBufferSize )