diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5f370c87e..ab9217cfab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Dec 20 12:53:23 2005  why the lucky stiff  <why@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/syck/rubyext.c (syck_emitter_reset): to ensure compatibility
+	  with previous Ruby versions, documents are no longer headless.
+
 Tue Dec 20 12:33:01 2005  Hirokazu Yamamoto  <ocean@m2.ccsnet.ne.jp>
 
 	* ext/syck/rubyext.c (syck_node_transform): ruby object holding
diff --git a/ext/syck/rubyext.c b/ext/syck/rubyext.c
index 52cda8fffd..272cfd2571 100644
--- a/ext/syck/rubyext.c
+++ b/ext/syck/rubyext.c
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ syck_emitter_reset( argc, argv, self )
         rb_ivar_set(self, s_options, options);
     }
     
-    emitter->headless = 1;
+    emitter->headless = 0;
     rb_ivar_set(self, s_level, INT2FIX(0));
     rb_ivar_set(self, s_resolver, Qnil);
     return self;