diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 17e97c62c..85bb8d43e 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+26 January 2015: Wouter
+	- Fix unintended use of gcc extension for incomplete enum types,
+	  compile with pedantic c99 compliance (from Daniel Dickman).
+
 23 January 2015: Wouter
 	- windows port fixes, no AF_LOCAL, no chown, no chmod(grp).
 
diff --git a/validator/val_secalgo.c b/validator/val_secalgo.c
index d89675f83..3437c8da6 100644
--- a/validator/val_secalgo.c
+++ b/validator/val_secalgo.c
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
  * and do the library calls (for the crypto library in use).
  */
 #include "config.h"
-#include "validator/val_secalgo.h"
+/* packed_rrset on top to define enum types (forced by c99 standard) */
 #include "util/data/packed_rrset.h"
+#include "validator/val_secalgo.h"
 #include "util/log.h"
 #include "ldns/rrdef.h"
 #include "ldns/keyraw.h"