diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e57888f2b9..4c946f2675 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Dec  4 13:17:45 2003  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nahi@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/soap/streamHandler.rb: support latest released version of
+	  http-access2.
+
 Thu Dec  4 13:04:44 2003  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nahi@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/soap/soap.rb: add SOAP::Env module for environment repository
diff --git a/lib/soap/streamHandler.rb b/lib/soap/streamHandler.rb
index 7cf6ce53ee..d6b9c3bdca 100644
--- a/lib/soap/streamHandler.rb
+++ b/lib/soap/streamHandler.rb
@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ private
     @options.add_hook("no_proxy") do |key, value|
       @client.no_proxy = value
     end
-    @client.protocol_version = @options["protocol_version"]
-    @options.add_hook("protocol_version") do |key, value|
-      @client.protocol_version = value
+    if @client.respond_to?(:protocol_version=)
+      @client.protocol_version = @options["protocol_version"]
+      @options.add_hook("protocol_version") do |key, value|
+	@client.protocol_version = value
+      end
     end
     set_cookie_store_file(@options["cookie_store_file"])
     @options.add_hook("cookie_store_file") do |key, value|