diff --git a/ice-9/ChangeLog b/ice-9/ChangeLog
index a5fd12082..aa8ab0d67 100644
--- a/ice-9/ChangeLog
+++ b/ice-9/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1998-08-15  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@barbara.nada.kth.se>
+
+	* boot-9.scm: Make the root module use (ice-9 regex) if
+	available.  The dynamic linking facilities in boot-9.scm are
+	currently dependent upon regular expressions.  My change of
+	1998-07-14 removed (ice-9 regex) from the use-list of the root
+	module and thereby destroyed dynamic linking.
+
 1998-07-29  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerated using the last public version of
diff --git a/ice-9/boot-9.scm b/ice-9/boot-9.scm
index 9796b67a4..8de2193ec 100644
--- a/ice-9/boot-9.scm
+++ b/ice-9/boot-9.scm
@@ -2974,7 +2974,9 @@
 ;;; {Load regexp code if regexp primitives are available.}
 
 (if (memq 'regex *features*)
-    (define-module (guile-user) :use-module (ice-9 regex)))
+    (begin
+      (define-module (guile) :use-module (ice-9 regex))
+      (define-module (guile-user) :use-module (ice-9 regex))))
 
 
 (define-module (guile))