diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5fd224aef..fb7004a94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+20051128
+ - (dtucker) [regress/yes-head.sh] Work around breakage caused by some
+   versions of GNU head.  Based on patch from zappaman at buraphalinux.org
+
 20051126
  - (dtucker) [configure.ac] Bug #1126: AIX 5.2 and 5.3 (and presumably newer,
    when they're available) need the real UID set otherwise pam_chauthtok will
@@ -3358,4 +3362,4 @@
    - (djm) Trim deprecated options from INSTALL. Mention UsePAM
    - (djm) Fix quote handling in sftp; Patch from admorten AT umich.edu
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4008 2005/11/26 11:24:09 dtucker Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4009 2005/11/28 05:41:03 dtucker Exp $
diff --git a/regress/yes-head.sh b/regress/yes-head.sh
index 17a4d0dd4..a8e6bc800 100644
--- a/regress/yes-head.sh
+++ b/regress/yes-head.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 tid="yes pipe head"
 
 for p in 1 2; do
-	lines=`${SSH} -$p -F $OBJ/ssh_proxy thishost 'sh -c "while true;do echo yes;done | head -2000"' | (sleep 3 ; wc -l)`
+	lines=`${SSH} -$p -F $OBJ/ssh_proxy thishost 'sh -c "while true;do echo yes;done | _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 head -2000"' | (sleep 3 ; wc -l)`
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		fail "yes|head test failed"
 		lines = 0;