diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 24eabdf415..c877931cb8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-10-31  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	Bug 558660 – help behavior for locales without manual translation
+	
+	* app/widgets/gimphelp.c (gimp_help_user_manual_is_installed):
+	as a fallback check for the english user manual.
+
 2008-10-31  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* libgimp/gimpprocview.c: added basic gtk-doc comment for
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimphelp.c b/app/widgets/gimphelp.c
index 64bb1bc8db..bb7c5dcff5 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimphelp.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimphelp.c
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ gimp_help_user_manual_is_installed (Gimp *gimp)
         }
 
       g_free (locales);
+
+      if (! found)
+        {
+          gchar *path = g_build_filename (basedir, "en", "gimp-help.xml", NULL);
+
+          found = g_file_test (path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR);
+
+          g_free (path);
+        }
     }
 
   g_free (basedir);