diff --git a/modules/engines/pixbuf/ChangeLog b/modules/engines/pixbuf/ChangeLog
index f2e5d10118..be14da2234 100644
--- a/modules/engines/pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/modules/engines/pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-07-15  Mark McLoughlin  <mark@skynet.ie>
+
+	* pixbuf-render.c: make pixbuf_cache static to avoid
+	possible symbol conflicts.
+
 2003-03-02  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Use -no-undefined on Windows.
diff --git a/modules/engines/pixbuf/pixbuf-render.c b/modules/engines/pixbuf/pixbuf-render.c
index 272613ff2d..c449da3734 100644
--- a/modules/engines/pixbuf/pixbuf-render.c
+++ b/modules/engines/pixbuf/pixbuf-render.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "pixbuf.h"
 #include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
 
-GCache *pixbuf_cache = NULL;
+static GCache *pixbuf_cache = NULL;
 
 static GdkPixbuf *
 bilinear_gradient (GdkPixbuf    *src,