diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 4f41c6af4..ace11159c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 20100925
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 include/cfile.h, include/physfsx.h, main/bmread.c, main/piggy.c, misc/physfsx.c: Add 'Data' subdir as a searchpath, simplifying a lot of file opening/checking/closing code
+misc/physfsx.c: fullpath variable was missing for _WIN32
 
 20100919
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diff --git a/misc/physfsx.c b/misc/physfsx.c
index 6af610833..e8b7a92d7 100644
--- a/misc/physfsx.c
+++ b/misc/physfsx.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 // The user directory is searched first.
 void PHYSFSX_init(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+#if defined (_WIN32)
+	char fullPath[PATH_MAX + 5];
+#endif
 #if defined(__unix__)
 	char *path = NULL;
 	char fullPath[PATH_MAX + 5];