diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 686b89bea..382743bc5 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 17 October 2008: Wouter
 	- port Leopard/G5: fixup type conversion size_t/uint32.
+	  please ranlib, stop file without symbols warning.
 
 16 October 2008: Wouter
 	- Fixup negative TTL values appearing (reported by Attila Nagy).
diff --git a/util/winsock_event.c b/util/winsock_event.c
index 1c583efc6..56bf2d6f0 100644
--- a/util/winsock_event.c
+++ b/util/winsock_event.c
@@ -604,4 +604,7 @@ void winsock_unregister_wsaevent(struct event* ev)
 	ev->added = 0;
 }
 
+#else /* USE_WINSOCK */
+/** symbol so this codefile defines symbols. pleasing ranlib on OSX 10.5 */
+int winsock_unused_symbol = 1;
 #endif /* USE_WINSOCK */