diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index c23f713df..67d9ae118 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+17 September 2009: Wouter
+	- fix compile of unbound-host when --enable-alloc-checks.
+
 16 September 2009: Wouter
 	- Fix memory leak reported by Tao Ma.
 	- Fix memstats test tool for log-time-ascii log format.
diff --git a/smallapp/unbound-host.c b/smallapp/unbound-host.c
index 7fd21e155..470fd7eac 100644
--- a/smallapp/unbound-host.c
+++ b/smallapp/unbound-host.c
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
+/* remove alloc checks, not in this part of the code */
+#ifdef UNBOUND_ALLOC_STATS
+#undef malloc
+#undef calloc
+#undef free
+#undef realloc
+#endif
 #include "libunbound/unbound.h"
 #include <ldns/ldns.h>