diff --git a/ice-9/ChangeLog b/ice-9/ChangeLog
index 6160c876e..5620222bc 100644
--- a/ice-9/ChangeLog
+++ b/ice-9/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-07-13  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
+
+	* boot-9.scm (expt):  In case of negative integer exponents return
+	an exact result if the input paramters were exact.  Thanks to
+	Mikael for the suggestion.
+
 2000-07-12  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 
 	* boot-9.scm (expt):  Make sure that integer-expt is only called
diff --git a/ice-9/boot-9.scm b/ice-9/boot-9.scm
index c1e578494..3735c7948 100644
--- a/ice-9/boot-9.scm
+++ b/ice-9/boot-9.scm
@@ -793,8 +793,10 @@
 (define expt
   (let ((integer-expt integer-expt))
     (lambda (z1 z2)
-      (cond ((and (integer? z2) (>= z2 0))
-	     (integer-expt z1 z2))
+      (cond ((integer? z2)
+	     (if (>= z2 0)
+		 (integer-expt z1 z2)
+		 (/ 1 (integer-expt z1 (- z2)))))
 	    ((and (real? z2) (real? z1) (>= z1 0))
 	     ($expt z1 z2))
 	    (else