diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5000b938ee..2bd73ef4fd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Sep  4 06:15:39 2009  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* dir.c (Init_Dir): alias Dir#path to Dir#to_path.  [ruby-core:25326]
+
 Fri Sep  4 04:49:39 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* random.c (random_rand): fixed rdoc.  [ruby-core:25332]
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 8d3c57f0f3..2459658f4d 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1968,6 +1968,7 @@ Init_Dir(void)
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cDir,"initialize", dir_initialize, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cDir,"path", dir_path, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cDir,"to_path", dir_path, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cDir,"inspect", dir_inspect, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cDir,"read", dir_read, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cDir,"each", dir_each, 0);