diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5780e9535..79ebd64e4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ A number of changes have been made to accomodate GCC 4.0.
 
 * Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
 
+** Guile supports newer versions of SLIB more cleanly.
+
+Guile now relies on the upstream SLIB code (guile.init) to handle the
+load process.  Previously Guile relied on its own copy of that code,
+which was incorrect, at least for more recent versions of SLIB.
+
+If you still need to use Guile with an older version of SLIB, and the
+new approach doesn't work for you, please add the following definition
+to your code before (ice-9 slib) is loaded for the first time:
+
+  (define *guile-use-old-ice-9-slib* #t)
+
+This will cause Guile to revert to the old load behavior.
+
 ** The r5rs numerator and denominator functions have been added.
 
 These are now available in the default environment.
diff --git a/ice-9/ChangeLog b/ice-9/ChangeLog
index 39823e54e..06a901f2e 100644
--- a/ice-9/ChangeLog
+++ b/ice-9/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2006-01-13  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am (ice9_sources): Add slib-old.scm.
+
+	* slib.scm: Rewrite to rely as much as possible (almost entirely)
+	on SLIB's load code.  Use the old approach (now in slib-old.scm)
+	iff *guile-use-old-ice-9-slib* is defined and not false.
+
+	* slib-old.scm: Renamed from slib.scm.
+
 2005-08-13  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
 	* poe.scm (funcq-assoc): Rewrite, don't assume '() is false, and
diff --git a/test-suite/ChangeLog b/test-suite/ChangeLog
index 332bb5cac..c2d6f66c1 100644
--- a/test-suite/ChangeLog
+++ b/test-suite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-13  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+	* tests/slib.test: Pass as32 to create-array rather than As32 in
+	order to match the current SLIB definition.
+
 2005-10-24  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
 	* tests/time.test (strftime %Z): Disable this test, its assumptions