diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 51be21acdc920b35e6067419083b9dd94af526bb..b46e589eba7b50b97407b39ff2f38639e7064fea 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	* many files: alphabetize options in applicaiton descriptions
 	* channels/chan_iax2.c: Use an enum to define iax peer/user flags as well as the pvt structure state.  Use the ast_flags macros for checking or setting the state.
 	* sounds.txt: Add missing words from the description of the vm-opts prompt
+	* apps/app_externalivr.c: Add a space that fixes building on older versions of gcc
 
 2005-11-05  Kevin P. Fleming  <kpfleming@digium.com>
 
diff --git a/apps/app_externalivr.c b/apps/app_externalivr.c
index f6dbc9c9f0391a6977ce6978368e8a785f1a3b4d..7a34acf67653ef121fe89591918725d94987a1e4 100755
--- a/apps/app_externalivr.c
+++ b/apps/app_externalivr.c
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ static const char *descrip =
 "when the channel is hung up.\n"
 "See doc/README.externalivr for a protocol specification.\n";
 
-#define ast_chan_log(level, channel, format, ...) ast_log(level, "%s: " format, channel->name, ## __VA_ARGS__)
+/* XXX the parser in gcc 2.95 gets confused if you don't put a space between 'name' and the comma */
+#define ast_chan_log(level, channel, format, ...) ast_log(level, "%s: " format, channel->name , ## __VA_ARGS__)
 
 struct playlist_entry {
 	AST_LIST_ENTRY(playlist_entry) list;