diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index faf342f7372..ed8eb06550b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-31  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
+
+	* mail/rmail.el (rmail-highlight): Fix specification.
+        Reported by: pod <pod@herald.ox.ac.uk>.
+
 2008-01-31  Jason Rumney  <jasonr@gnu.org>
 
 	* term/w32-win.el (image-library-alist): Prefer libxpm.dll.
diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail.el b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
index e9cfc7d4216..b3a234a6210 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ See also `rmail-highlight-face'."
   :group 'rmail-headers)
 
 (defface rmail-highlight
-  '((t :default highlight))
+  '((t (:inherit highlight)))
   "Face to use for highlighting the most important header fields."
   :group 'rmail-headers
   :version "22.1")