diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93cd9f8741b099d300adf128e4cf85884fae8b68..2e84164e7b6dabc0d9d12d8e54b29f12ec26a6ce 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 2005-11-16  Kevin P. Fleming  <kpfleming@digium.com>
 
+	* channels/Makefile: don't build chan_modem and sub-modules by default
+
 	* res/Makefile: issue mpg123 not-installed warning at 'make install' time, not 'make'
 
 	* apps/app_forkcdr.c (forkcdr_exec): issue warning (and don't segfault) if ForkCDR is called on a channel that doesn't have a CDR (issue #5763)
diff --git a/channels/Makefile b/channels/Makefile
index 2bf956cde58dea7aadc7c27985cc1535a13af4b0..82844f1e5acdc62bccb86d481702864eb7d3da8b 100755
--- a/channels/Makefile
+++ b/channels/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 CHANNEL_LIBS=chan_sip.so chan_agent.so chan_mgcp.so chan_iax2.so chan_local.so chan_skinny.so chan_features.so
 
 ifneq (${OSARCH},CYGWIN)
-CHANNEL_LIBS+=chan_modem.so chan_modem_aopen.so chan_modem_bestdata.so
+# if you really, really want to use these drivers, uncomment the line below
+#CHANNEL_LIBS+=chan_modem.so chan_modem_aopen.so chan_modem_bestdata.so
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(findstring BSD,${OSARCH}),BSD)