diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 34694a4ea..4f8c068dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-08-25  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	Fix breakage in normal/auth.c.
+
+	* normal/auth.c (grub_iswordseparator): New function.
+
 2009-08-25  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	Authentication support.
diff --git a/normal/auth.c b/normal/auth.c
index 1dc61e898..9029ba1ce 100644
--- a/normal/auth.c
+++ b/normal/auth.c
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ grub_auth_strcmp (const char *user_input, const char *template)
   return !ok;
 }
 
+static int
+grub_iswordseparator (int c)
+{
+  return (grub_isspace (c) || c == ',' || c == ';' || c == '|' || c == '&');
+}
+
 int
 grub_auth_strword (const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 {