diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 9794017b257..b0c7127cbe8 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-31  Andrew Haley  <aph@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/lang/natClassLoader.cc (_Jv_NewClassFromInitializer): Clear
+	INTERPRETED access modifier.
+
 2007-05-31  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
 
 	PR libjava/32098
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc
index e62c6d39281..9a687ff9105 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natClassLoader.cc
@@ -281,7 +281,16 @@ _Jv_NewClassFromInitializer (const char *class_initializer)
   memcpy (dst, src, len);
   
   new_class->engine = &_Jv_soleIndirectCompiledEngine;
-  
+
+  /* FIXME:  Way back before the dawn of time, we overloaded the
+     SYNTHETIC class access modifier to mean INTERPRETED.  This was a
+     Bad Thing, but it didn't matter then because classes were never
+     marked synthetic.  However, it is possible to redeem the
+     situation: _Jv_NewClassFromInitializer is only called from
+     compiled classes, so we clear the INTERPRETED flag.  This is a
+     kludge!  */
+  new_class->accflags &= ~java::lang::reflect::Modifier::INTERPRETED;
+
   (*_Jv_RegisterClassHook) (new_class);
   
   return new_class;