diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c4d0fb5f4..f84d67725 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+20010218
+ - (bal) Patch for fix FCHMOD reference in ftp-client.c by Tim Rice 
+   <tim@multitalents.net> 
+
 20010217
  - (bal) OpenBSD Sync:
    - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/02/16 13:38:18
@@ -4004,4 +4008,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.782 2001/02/16 16:02:14 mouring Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.783 2001/02/17 16:47:47 mouring Exp $
diff --git a/sftp-client.c b/sftp-client.c
index 760a224e2..7c234ce2d 100644
--- a/sftp-client.c
+++ b/sftp-client.c
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ do_download(int fd_in, int fd_out, char *remote_path, char *local_path,
 	status = do_close(fd_in, fd_out, handle, handle_len);
 
 	/* Override umask and utimes if asked */
+#ifdef HAVE_FCHMOD
 	if (pflag && fchmod(local_fd, mode) == -1)
+#else 
+	if (pflag && chmod(local_path, mode) == -1)
+#endif /* HAVE_FCHMOD */
 		error("Couldn't set mode on \"%s\": %s", local_path,
 		    strerror(errno));
 	if (pflag && (a->flags & SSH2_FILEXFER_ATTR_ACMODTIME)) {