diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e925109419bfaf42ef06e47164994969a9c62a7..193117179c0b465a543d45d26e1f7a20c8b44b45 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Dec 21 19:46:35 +0100 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/node_device_hal.c: Include <config.h> before everything else.
+
 Sun Dec 21 00:20:51 CET 2008 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
 
 	avoid "make check" failures due to localized error messages
diff --git a/src/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device_hal.c
index f2bbbef19e2c8a698d93229344ca32bfe53599ed..3449ee0f7a9cc4e55efaa1a252f1cc20b9ae6f00 100644
--- a/src/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device_hal.c
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
  * Author: David F. Lively <dlively@virtualiron.com>
  */
 
+#include <config.h>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <config.h>
 #include <libhal.h>
 
 #include "node_device_conf.h"