diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 36615db36f..6563ece4e2 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
    2002-12-01 23:12 UTC+0100 Foo Bar <foo.bar@foobar.org>
 */
 
+2002-07-19 15:45 UTC-0400 David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
+  * source/rtl/gtwin/gtwin.c
+  	! Don't test for dead keys when dealing with international characters
+  	  that have a negative character value.
+
 2002-07-17 12:34 UTC-0300 Walter Negro <anegro@overnet.com.ar>
   * include/hbmath.h
     ! Fix multiple declaration of _LIB_VERSION_TYPE if it's declared here
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/gtwin/gtwin.c b/harbour/source/rtl/gtwin/gtwin.c
index c31eab5070..c3c696535b 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/gtwin/gtwin.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/gtwin/gtwin.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int hb_gt_ReadKey( HB_inkey_enum eventmask )
                   fprintf( stdout, "-" );
                #endif
             }
-            else if( ch < 0  && ch != -32 && ch != -16 && !IgnoreKeyCodes( wKey ) )
+            else if( ch < 0  && ch != -32 && ch != -16 /* Hopefully all "dead" keys generate ch = 0 when used alone... && !IgnoreKeyCodes( wKey ) */ )
             {
                /* Process international key codes */
                ch += 256;