diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index a3d856485..39759ec0b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ****  Fix missing too many digits warning, bug1380. [Jonathan Kimmitt]
 
+****  Fix uninitialized data in verFiles.dat, bug1385. [Al Grant]
+
 
 * Verilator 4.008 2018-12-01
 
diff --git a/src/V3File.cpp b/src/V3File.cpp
index 664a7e1fe..ef09231cf 100644
--- a/src/V3File.cpp
+++ b/src/V3File.cpp
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ class V3FileDependImp {
 	    if (!m_stat.st_mtime) {
 		string fn = filename();
 		int err = stat(fn.c_str(), &m_stat);
-		if (err!=0) {
-		    m_stat.st_mtime = 1;
-		    // Not a error... This can occur due to `line directives in the .vpp files
+                if (err!=0) {
+                    memset(&m_stat, 0, sizeof(m_stat));
+                    m_stat.st_mtime = 1;
+                    // Not an error... This can occur due to `line directives in the .vpp files
 		    UINFO(1,"-Info: File not statable: "<<filename()<<endl);
 		}
 	    }