diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9633f5ce90..d3968eedbf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+ 699.	[bug]		The lexer mishandled empty quoted strings. [RT #694]
+
  698.	[bug]		Aborting nsupdate with ^C would lead to several
 			race conditions.
 
diff --git a/lib/isc/lex.c b/lib/isc/lex.c
index 8cd25a0d0c..867c37b670 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 1.60 2001/01/16 07:47:16 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: lex.c,v 1.61 2001/01/22 02:46:34 gson Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ isc_lex_gettoken(isc_lex_t *lex, unsigned int options, isc_token_t *tokenp) {
 		options &= ~IWSEOL;
 
 	curr = lex->data;
+	*curr = '\0';
+
 	prev = NULL;
 	remaining = lex->max_token;
 	do {