diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f89f93209..59e6285ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-24  Robert Larice
+ * src/xspice/ipc/ipcstdio.c :
+   (int) cast, where size can be expected to be small enough
+
 2011-07-24  Robert Larice
  * src/misc/util.c :
    use size_t
diff --git a/src/xspice/ipc/ipcstdio.c b/src/xspice/ipc/ipcstdio.c
index 6a67f31c2..1f387c008 100755
--- a/src/xspice/ipc/ipcstdio.c
+++ b/src/xspice/ipc/ipcstdio.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Ipc_Status_t ipc_transport_get_line (
 
    printf ("GET_LINE\n");
    gets (str);
-   *len = strlen (str);
+   *len = (int) strlen (str);
    return IPC_STATUS_OK;
 }