diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index af6acef4..0a4c6241 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Jan  5 14:03:59 CET 2004 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* xmlwriter.c: applied patch from Lucas Brasilino fixing an indent
+	  problem.
+
 Sun Jan  4 18:54:29 MST 2004 John Fleck <jfleck@inkstain.net>
 
 	* doc/newapi.xsl: change background color of function
diff --git a/xmlwriter.c b/xmlwriter.c
index c75af546..da3ac3d1 100644
--- a/xmlwriter.c
+++ b/xmlwriter.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,9 @@ xmlTextWriterWriteString(xmlTextWriterPtr writer, const xmlChar * content)
 	    break;
     }
 
+    if (writer->indent)
+      writer->doindent = 0;
+
     if (buf != 0) {
         count =
             xmlOutputBufferWriteString(writer->out, (const char *) buf);
@@ -1980,7 +1983,6 @@ xmlTextWriterWriteElement(xmlTextWriterPtr writer, const xmlChar * name,
     if (count == -1)
         return -1;
     sum += count;
-    writer->doindent = 0;
     count = xmlTextWriterEndElement(writer);
     if (count == -1)
         return -1;