diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a4e067e..bfee62f9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-11-07 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* nano.h - Add bogus value at begin of flags enumeration because it
+	  causes casesens rcfile option to misbehave, reported by Helmut 
+	  Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
+
 2009-11-03 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* nano.h - Fix comma at end of enumerator list which angers -pedantic.
 	* rcfile.c - Add in specific check for UNDOABLE and fix declaration as
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index 63b6a7c8..ee726796 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ typedef struct subnfunc {
  * definitions. */
 enum
 {
+    DONTUSE,
     CASE_SENSITIVE,
     CONST_UPDATE,
     NO_HELP,