diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 69efee5d..b3a3974b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Mon Feb  8 16:10:15 CET 1999 Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org>
+
+	* tree.c: patched an error outputting empty attribute values.
+	* Makefile.am and doc/makefile.am: have been updated during the
+	  week-end. Sorry for an empty CVS log, I got a shell problem.
+
 Mon Feb  1 12:10:13 CET 1999 Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w3.org>
 
 	* tree.h: cleaned up using enums instead of defines
diff --git a/tester.c b/tester.c
index 945464eb..927eda2d 100644
--- a/tester.c
+++ b/tester.c
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ static int recovery = 0;
  * Note: there is a couple of errors introduced on purpose.
  */
 static CHAR buffer[] = 
-"\n\
-<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n\
+"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n\
 <?xml:namespace ns = \"http://www.ietf.org/standards/dav/\" prefix = \"D\"?>\n\
 <?xml:namespace ns = \"http://www.w3.com/standards/z39.50/\" prefix = \"Z\"?>\n\
 <D:propertyupdate>\n\
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ int treeTest(void) {
     doc->root = xmlNewDocNode(doc, NULL, "EXAMPLE", NULL);
     xmlSetProp(doc->root, "prop1", "gnome is great");
     xmlSetProp(doc->root, "prop2", "&linux; too");
+    xmlSetProp(doc->root, "emptyprop", "");
     tree = xmlNewChild(doc->root, NULL, "head", NULL);
     subtree = xmlNewChild(tree, NULL, "title", "Welcome to Gnome");
     tree = xmlNewChild(doc->root, NULL, "chapter", NULL);
diff --git a/tree.c b/tree.c
index 5892a4e9..1447855c 100644
--- a/tree.c
+++ b/tree.c
@@ -2307,6 +2307,8 @@ xmlAttrDump(xmlDocPtr doc, xmlAttrPtr cur) {
 	xmlBufferWriteCHAR(value);
 	xmlBufferWriteChar("\"");
 	free(value);
+    } else  {
+	xmlBufferWriteChar("=\"\"");
     }
 }