diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5904dd993..3ce2e2aa6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-02-07  Christian Franke  <franke@computer.org>
+
+	* util/hostfs.c (grub_hostfs_open): Use fseeko and ftello
+	instead of fseek and ftell to support large files.
+	(grub_hostfs_read): Likewise.
+
 2008-02-07  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
 
 	Patch from Jeroen Dekkers.
diff --git a/util/hostfs.c b/util/hostfs.c
index e8dc59695..2d9b7bed5 100644
--- a/util/hostfs.c
+++ b/util/hostfs.c
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ grub_hostfs_open (struct grub_file *file, const char *name)
 		       "can't open `%s'", name);
   file->data = f;
 
-  fseek (f, 0, SEEK_END);
-  file->size = ftell (f);
-  fseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET);
+  fseeko (f, 0, SEEK_END);
+  file->size = ftello (f);
+  fseeko (f, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
   return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ grub_hostfs_read (grub_file_t file, char *buf, grub_size_t len)
   FILE *f;
 
   f = (FILE *) file->data;
-  fseek (f, file->offset, SEEK_SET);
+  fseeko (f, file->offset, SEEK_SET);
   int s = fread (buf, 1, len, f);
 
   return s;