diff --git a/.x-sc_avoid_if_before_free b/.x-sc_avoid_if_before_free
index 627dcdf785715bae457e05b5775aeb1abe50f55a..f83ae7b225f77b4d257e8ad079f04826e133bd52 100644
--- a/.x-sc_avoid_if_before_free
+++ b/.x-sc_avoid_if_before_free
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 ^gnulib/lib/printf-parse\.c$
 ^gnulib/lib/vasnprintf\.c$
 ^build-aux/find-unnecessary-if-before-free$
+^ChangeLog$
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2e96513bc6a46f9f8bead14f8e65a0dcf254b62e..1b1f49c0896aaddc8641b514e0b1067156704129 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Jan 30 07:54:25 CET 2008  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	Arrange for "make syntax-check" to pass.
+	* .x-sc_avoid_if_before_free: Exempt ChangeLog.
+	* tests/statstest.c: Include <config.h>, not "config.h".
+
 Tue Jan 29 13:33:25 EST 2008  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/stats_linux.c, src/stats_linux.h: Fix conversion of device
diff --git a/tests/statstest.c b/tests/statstest.c
index 7fa6f4685bfd765b9106f9146e064c026c3289b3..4c19833e024dab0d9ba6ccaac5fc0f2f29aa1457 100644
--- a/tests/statstest.c
+++ b/tests/statstest.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "config.h"
+#include <config.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>