diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac63b808b..fa6c090e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-28  Gonzalo Paniagua Javier <gonzalo@ximian.com>
+
+	* sample/Scribble.cs: patch from Philip Van Hoof
+	<spamfrommailing@freax.org> taht fixes compilation.
+
 2003-04-25  Charles Iliya Krempeaux  <charles@reptile.ca>
 	* README : Updated to reflect the name change or the
 	  "MonkeyGuide" to the "Mono Hand Book".  Updated to
diff --git a/sample/Scribble.cs b/sample/Scribble.cs
index 2493bcf5a..a38bf8c3a 100644
--- a/sample/Scribble.cs
+++ b/sample/Scribble.cs
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ namespace GtkSamples {
 			Gdk.Window window = ev.window;
 
 			if (ev.is_hint != 0) {
-				int s;
+				Gdk.ModifierType s;
 				window.GetPointer (out x, out y, out s);
-				state = (Gdk.ModifierType) s;
+				state = s;
 			} else {
 				x = (int) ev.x;
 				y = (int) ev.y;