diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2ff3644f0..c34e881f6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2011-07-04  Holger Vogt
+ * input.c: typo line 30: ssize_t --> size_t
+
 2011-07-03  Holger Vogt
  * main.c: remove reference to 'oflag'
  * ngspice.h: NaN definition for MS VS
diff --git a/src/frontend/parser/input.c b/src/frontend/parser/input.c
index cccf51ba7..2b1315d30 100644
--- a/src/frontend/parser/input.c
+++ b/src/frontend/parser/input.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ inchar(FILE *fp)
 
 #ifndef HAS_WINDOWS    
     char c;
-    ssize_t i;
+    size_t i;
 
     if (cp_interactive && !cp_nocc) {
       do {