diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 78c87efbb..79aba72d5 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 6 September 2007: Wouter
 	- fixup to find libevent on mac port install.
 	- fixup size_t vs unsigned portability in validator/sigcrypt.
+	- please compiler on different platforms, for unreachable code.
 
 5 September 2007: Wouter
 	- cname, name error validator tests.
diff --git a/validator/validator.c b/validator/validator.c
index b19c4326d..c612f5dde 100644
--- a/validator/validator.c
+++ b/validator/validator.c
@@ -1612,6 +1612,7 @@ return_bogus:
 	}
 	/* unreachable */
 	log_assert(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**