diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 990890e8ec9c..5c1895ca2fae 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-01-07  Andrew Haley  <aph@viagra.cygnus.co.uk>
+
+	* jcf-parse.c (yyparse): variable len changed from a char to an
+	int to prevent overflow.
+
 Wed Jan  6 17:19:46 1999  Per Bothner  <bothner@cygnus.com>
 
 	* java-tree.h:  Declare read_class.
diff --git a/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c b/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
index 27ac86c5e77b..b3144d3e7927 100644
--- a/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
+++ b/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@ yyparse ()
 
       if (list[0]) 
 	{
-	  char *value, len;
+	  char *value;
 
-	  len = strlen (list);
+	  int len = strlen (list);
 	  /* FIXME: this test is only needed until our .java parser is
 	     fully capable.  */
 	  if (len > 5 && ! strcmp (&list[len - 5], ".java"))