diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2bdab884b93..c9179643ffd 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-09-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* add-log.el (change-log-default-name): Autoload safety.
+
 2008-09-05 Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>
 
 	* verilog-mode.el (verilog-library-extensions): Enable .sv
diff --git a/lisp/add-log.el b/lisp/add-log.el
index 8ca3f108b72..6bb1178fe52 100644
--- a/lisp/add-log.el
+++ b/lisp/add-log.el
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   :type '(choice (const :tag "default" nil)
 		 string)
   :group 'change-log)
+;;;###autoload
 (put 'change-log-default-name 'safe-local-variable 'string-or-null-p)
 
 (defcustom change-log-mode-hook nil