diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index e95243201c..ab8e44e935 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
    2008-12-31 13:59 UTC+0100 Foo Bar (foo.bar foobar.org)
 */
 
+2008-10-28 10:24 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/include/hbxvm.h
+  * harbour/source/vm/hvm.c
+  * harbour/source/compiler/gencc.c
+    + added finished by mistake support for hidden strings in -gc3 mode
+
 2008-10-28 09:44 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar hu)
   * contrib/examples/guestbk/inifiles.prg
   * contrib/examples/guestbk/testcgi.prg
diff --git a/harbour/include/hbxvm.h b/harbour/include/hbxvm.h
index 00a3e2c49a..31d5f44862 100644
--- a/harbour/include/hbxvm.h
+++ b/harbour/include/hbxvm.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ extern HB_EXPORT BOOL   hb_xvmMacroPopAliased( BYTE bFlags );
 extern HB_EXPORT BOOL   hb_xvmMacroSymbol( void );
 extern HB_EXPORT BOOL   hb_xvmMacroText( void );
 
-extern HB_EXPORT void   hb_xvmPushStringHidden( char * szText, ULONG length );
+extern HB_EXPORT void   hb_xvmPushStringHidden( int iMethod, const char * szText, ULONG ulSize );
 extern HB_EXPORT void   hb_xvmPushDouble( double dNumber, int iWidth, int iDec );
 #ifdef HB_LONG_LONG_OFF
 extern HB_EXPORT void   hb_xvmPushLongLong( double dNumber );
diff --git a/harbour/source/compiler/gencc.c b/harbour/source/compiler/gencc.c
index a4ce4691df..d4e1657664 100644
--- a/harbour/source/compiler/gencc.c
+++ b/harbour/source/compiler/gencc.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@ static HB_GENC_FUNC( hb_p_pushstrhidden )
 
    HB_GENC_LABEL();
 
-   fprintf( cargo->yyc, "\thb_xvmPushStringHidden( " );
+   fprintf( cargo->yyc, "\thb_xvmPushStringHidden( %d, ",
+            pFunc->pCode[ lPCodePos + 1 ] );
    hb_compGenCString( cargo->yyc, &pFunc->pCode[ lPCodePos + 4 ], usLen );
    fprintf( cargo->yyc, ", %hu );\n", usLen );
 
diff --git a/harbour/source/vm/hvm.c b/harbour/source/vm/hvm.c
index f79e56bca1..c7c8c4acfc 100644
--- a/harbour/source/vm/hvm.c
+++ b/harbour/source/vm/hvm.c
@@ -10316,6 +10316,16 @@ HB_EXPORT void hb_xvmPushLongLong( LONGLONG llNumber )
 }
 #endif
 
+HB_EXPORT void hb_xvmPushStringHidden( int iMethod, const char * szText, ULONG ulSize )
+{
+   char * szString;
+
+   HB_TRACE(HB_TR_DEBUG, ("hb_xvmPushStringHidden(%d, %s, %lu)", iMethod, szText, ulSize));
+
+   szString = hb_compDecodeString( iMethod, szText, &ulSize );
+   hb_itemPutCLPtr( hb_stackAllocItem(), szString, ulSize );
+}
+
 HB_EXPORT void hb_xvmLocalName( USHORT uiLocal, char * szLocalName )
 {
    HB_TRACE(HB_TR_DEBUG, ("hb_xvmLocalName(%hu, %s)", uiLocal, szLocalName));