diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 5788380..b02cc51 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-12-29  Greg Troxel  <gdt@fnord.ir.bbn.com>
+
+	* vty.c (vty_hello): add cast to quiet lint (from David Young)
+
 2005-11-26 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com>
 
 	* buffer.c: (struct buffer_data) change gcc zero array
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 39d3701..bb8df12 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 	    {
 	      char *s;
 	      /* work backwards to ignore trailling isspace() */
-	      for (s = buf + strlen (buf); (s > buf) && isspace (*(s - 1));
+	      for (s = buf + strlen (buf); (s > buf) && isspace ((int)*(s - 1));
 		   s--);
 	      *s = '\0';
 	      vty_out (vty, "%s%s", buf, VTY_NEWLINE);