diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 92c5f02161..dca86801d1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri May 18 16:44:04 2007  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* file.c (Init_File): add to_path method to File objects.
+
 Fri May 18 11:12:39 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ruby.c (DllMain, ruby_init_loadpath): use DLL instance handle given
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 9ef9ad7223..7379112878 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -4435,6 +4435,7 @@ Init_File(void)
     rb_file_const("LOCK_NB", INT2FIX(LOCK_NB));
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cFile, "path",  rb_file_path, 0);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cFile, "to_path",  rb_file_path, 0);
     rb_define_global_function("test", rb_f_test, -1);
 
     rb_cStat = rb_define_class_under(rb_cFile, "Stat", rb_cObject);