diff --git a/gpgme/ChangeLog b/gpgme/ChangeLog
index 925f20c2..06e9a323 100644
--- a/gpgme/ChangeLog
+++ b/gpgme/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-11-22  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
+
+	* gpgme.h [_MSC_VER]: Define ssize_t as long.
+
 2002-11-22  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* engine-gpgsm.c (_gpgme_gpgsm_new): Save the result of a first
diff --git a/gpgme/gpgme.h b/gpgme/gpgme.h
index 495289ce..f790a6f1 100644
--- a/gpgme/gpgme.h
+++ b/gpgme/gpgme.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h> /* For FILE *.  */
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
   typedef long off_t;
+  typedef long ssize_t;
 #else
 # include <sys/types.h>
 #endif