diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 45cd3bc9..fe5e069c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-02-12  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* include/glibtop/global.h: Applied patch from Frederic Devernay;
+	__BEGIN_DECLS and __END_DECLS are only defined inside _IN_LIBGTOP.
+
 1999-02-10  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	* configure.in (program_invocation_name): Check whether we need
diff --git a/include/glibtop/global.h b/include/glibtop/global.h
index 2b8fc147..1cf90837 100644
--- a/include/glibtop/global.h
+++ b/include/glibtop/global.h
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-__BEGIN_DECLS
-
 #ifdef _IN_LIBGTOP
 
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
 #ifndef _
 #define _(String) dgettext (PACKAGE, String)
 #define N_(String) (String)
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ __BEGIN_DECLS
 extern char *strerror __P((int));
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _IN_LIBGTOP */
-
 __END_DECLS
 
+#endif /* _IN_LIBGTOP */
+
 #endif