diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32d479562..b39ad7a86 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2007-12-09 Dietmar Warning
  * src/frontend/numparam/xpression.c: placeholder for agauss (y=nominal_value)
+ * src/spicelib/parser/inpdomod.c: if no bsim3 version given then use 3.30
 
 2007-12-09 Holger Vogt
  * src/frontend/wdisp/windisp.c: better prototypes and some cosmetics
diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inpdomod.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inpdomod.c
index a30683595..ad66a58d4 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inpdomod.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inpdomod.c
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ char *INPdomodel(void *ckt, card * image, INPtables * tab)
 	         (strstr(ver, "3.2.4")) || (strstr(ver, "3.24")) ) {
 	      type = INPtypelook("BSIM3v32");
 	    }
-	    if ( (strstr(ver, "3.3")) || (strstr(ver, "3.3.0")) || (strstr(ver, "3.30")) ) {
+	    if ( (strstr(ver, "default")) 
+	        || (strstr(ver, "3.3")) || (strstr(ver, "3.3.0")) || (strstr(ver, "3.30")) ) {
 	      type = INPtypelook("BSIM3");
 	    }
 	    if (type < 0) {