diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 883882bdf0..3f6a8f7a28 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1000.	[func]		Accept "HESIOD" as a alias for class "HS".
+
  999.	[func]		"rndc retransfer zone [class [view]]" added.
 			[RT #1752]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/rdata.c b/lib/dns/rdata.c
index f2e85145c9..5d67f5754a 100644
--- a/lib/dns/rdata.c
+++ b/lib/dns/rdata.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: rdata.c,v 1.148 2001/09/15 00:01:46 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: rdata.c,v 1.149 2001/09/16 05:27:04 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ dns_rdataclass_fromtext(dns_rdataclass_t *classp, isc_textregion_t *source) {
 		break;
 	case 'h':
 		COMPARE("hs", dns_rdataclass_hs);
+		COMPARE("hesiod", dns_rdataclass_hs);
 		break;
 	case 'i':
 		COMPARE("in", dns_rdataclass_in);