diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bde292441..026d3ce8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-04 Enrico Weigelt, metux ITS <weigelt@metux.de>
+
+	* mhl/types.h, mhl/escape.h: replaced bool type by stdbool.h (fixing #240)
+
 2009-02-03 Enrico Weigelt, metux ITS <weigelt@metux.de>
 
 	* lib/mc.lib: added patch on #219 by angel_il
diff --git a/mhl/escape.h b/mhl/escape.h
index 2ec4e0d46..ed25b608a 100644
--- a/mhl/escape.h
+++ b/mhl/escape.h
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <mhl/types.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #define mhl_shell_escape_toesc(x)	\
     (((x)==' ')||((x)=='!')||((x)=='#')||((x)=='$')||((x)=='%')||	\
diff --git a/mhl/types.h b/mhl/types.h
index 1f8400299..f88190ce1 100644
--- a/mhl/types.h
+++ b/mhl/types.h
@@ -7,10 +7,4 @@
 #ifndef __MHL_TYPES_H
 #define __MHL_TYPES_H
 
-typedef enum 
-{
-    false	= 0,
-    true	= 1
-} bool;
-
 #endif