diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a5bd320f2c..373075fcf1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-21  Behdad Esfahbod  <behdad@gnome.org>
+
+	* tests/testrichtext.c (setup_buffer): Fix C89 compilation issue.
+	(#467711, The Written Word)
+
 2007-11-21  Ross Burton  <ross@openedhand.com>
 
 	* gdk/x11/gdksettings.c:
diff --git a/tests/testrichtext.c b/tests/testrichtext.c
index c8663049da..d59f608b7b 100644
--- a/tests/testrichtext.c
+++ b/tests/testrichtext.c
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ setup_buffer (GtkTextBuffer *buffer)
 {
   const guint tlen = strlen (example_text);
   const guint tcount = 17;
-  GtkTextTag *tags[tcount];
+  GtkTextTag **tags;
   GtkTextTagTable *ttable = gtk_text_buffer_get_tag_table (buffer);
   GSList *node, *slist = NULL;
   GdkAtom atom;
   guint i;
 
+  tags = g_malloc (sizeof (GtkTextTag *) * tcount);
+
   /* cleanup */
   gtk_text_buffer_set_text (buffer, "", 0);
   gtk_text_tag_table_foreach (ttable, text_tag_enqueue, &slist);
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ setup_buffer (GtkTextBuffer *buffer)
   atom = gtk_text_buffer_register_deserialize_tagset (buffer, NULL);
   gtk_text_buffer_deserialize_set_can_create_tags (buffer, atom, TRUE);
 
+  g_free (tags);
+
   return atom;
 }