diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f459cda0a0..3bb6870f75 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ 552.	[bug]		We were not correctly detecting the end of all c-style
+			comments.  [RT #455]
 
  551.	[func]		Implemented the 'sortlist' option.
 
diff --git a/lib/isc/lex.c b/lib/isc/lex.c
index 77ae5e7e91..3ae952c809 100644
--- a/lib/isc/lex.c
+++ b/lib/isc/lex.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: lex.c,v 1.42 2000/11/10 01:41:00 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: lex.c,v 1.43 2000/11/13 04:09:40 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ isc_lex_gettoken(isc_lex_t *lex, unsigned int options, isc_token_t *tokenp) {
 				no_comments = ISC_FALSE;
 				state = saved_state;
 				goto no_read;
-			} else
+			} else if (c != '*')
 				state = lexstate_ccomment;
 			break;
 		case lexstate_eatline: