diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d90c973cb..9003a6d61 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-21  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* generator/SymbolTable.cs : alias off_t to ssize_t as it is
+	signed according to harold.  [Fixes #77016]
+
 2005-01-21  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* gtk/RadioToolButton.custom : manually implement the GLib.List group
diff --git a/generator/SymbolTable.cs b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
index f7c39e532..7d6097b3f 100644
--- a/generator/SymbolTable.cs
+++ b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			AddType (new LPUGen ("ulong"));
 			AddType (new LPUGen ("gulong"));
 			AddType (new LPUGen ("gsize"));
-			AddType (new AliasGen ("off_t", "size_t"));
+			AddType (new AliasGen ("off_t", "ssize_t"));
 
 			// string types
 			AddType (new ConstStringGen ("const-gchar"));