diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c5cf13b4..1a26b1b82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Dec 22 16:12:27 CET 2008 (tk)
+---------------------------------
+ * shared/optparser.c: fix small memleak
+
 Thu Dec 18 20:52:00 CET 2008 (tk)
 ---------------------------------
  * shared/optparser.c, freshclam: use the new option parser (bb#1215)
diff --git a/shared/optparser.c b/shared/optparser.c
index 831bcdf3f..72e81beac 100644
--- a/shared/optparser.c
+++ b/shared/optparser.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ static int optaddarg(struct optstruct *opts, const char *name, const char *strar
     if(pt->multiple) {
 	if(!pt->active) {
 	    if(strarg) {
+		free(pt->strarg);
 		pt->strarg = strdup(strarg);
 	 	if(!pt->strarg) {
 		    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: optaddarg: strdup() failed\n");
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ static int optaddarg(struct optstruct *opts, const char *name, const char *strar
 	    return 0;
 
 	if(strarg) {
+	    free(pt->strarg);
 	    pt->strarg = strdup(strarg);
 	    if(!pt->strarg) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: optaddarg: strdup() failed\n");