diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0f907222..000356b69 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ $Source$
     * tbl_replace.php, libraries/config.default.php: Add support for UTC_DATE,
       UTC_TIME and UTC_TIMESTAMP functions, based on patch #1563585, thanks to
       Alexander Schuch - ci-dev.
+    * tbl_alter.php: Fix order of includes (bug #1569277).
 
 2006-10-03 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     ### 2.9.0.2 released from MAINT_2_9_0
diff --git a/tbl_alter.php b/tbl_alter.php
index e7ae9b2ee..33e270158 100644
--- a/tbl_alter.php
+++ b/tbl_alter.php
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 // vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
 
-require_once './libraries/Table.class.php';
-
 /**
  * Gets some core libraries
  */
 require_once('./libraries/common.lib.php');
+require_once('./libraries/Table.class.php');
 
 $js_to_run = 'functions.js';
 require_once('./libraries/header.inc.php');