diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a176398e..7efaa11ab 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2001-08-15  Steve Alberty  <alberty@neptunlabs.de>
+	* lib.inc.php3: prevent to use dl() if dl not exists (PHP5)
+
 2001-08-14  Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
 	* lib.inc.php3; db_readdump.php3, lines 85-88: Fixed some coding style
 	  inconcistencies and make the patch from Robin PHP3 compatible.
diff --git a/lib.inc.php3 b/lib.inc.php3
index befad2f9e..d1f500bd6 100755
--- a/lib.inc.php3
+++ b/lib.inc.php3
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ if (!defined('__LIB_INC__')){
         } else {
             $extension = 'mysql';
         }
-        if (!@extension_loaded($extension) && !@get_cfg_var('safe_mode')) {
+        if (!@extension_loaded($extension) && !@get_cfg_var('safe_mode') && @function_exists('dl')) {
             @dl($extension.$suffix);
         }
         if (!@extension_loaded($extension)) {