diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81e5a6bf4b..5c52e6f7f0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Oct 19 11:59:39 CEST 2007 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/conf.c: fix bug on negative values in virConfParseLong()
+	  raised by Tatsuro Enokura
+
 Fri Oct 19 10:24:52 CEST 2007 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/conf.c: documentation cleanups from Jim Meyering
diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 3a637b2c59..635792c689 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ virConfParseLong(virConfParserCtxtPtr ctxt, long *val)
         l = l * 10 + (CUR - '0');
 	NEXT;
     }
+    if (neg)
+        l = -l;
     *val = l;
     return(0);
 }