diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 448c96671e1..5c8ca195a56 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-12-29  Jerry Quinn  <jlquinn@optonline.net>
+
+	* include/bits/locale_facets.h (ctype.narrow,widen): Add cast.
+
 2003-12-29  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* acinclude.m4 (GLIBCXX_CHECK_LFS): Add -fno-exceptions
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
index eecb15c1b74..2d3f776b26f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ namespace std
       char_type 
       widen(char __c) const
       { 
-	if (_M_widen_ok) return _M_widen[__c];
+	if (_M_widen_ok) return _M_widen[static_cast<unsigned char>(__c)];
 	this->_M_widen_init();
 	return this->do_widen(__c);
       }
@@ -934,9 +934,10 @@ namespace std
       char 
       narrow(char_type __c, char __dfault) const
       {
-	if (_M_narrow[__c]) return _M_narrow[__c];
+	if (_M_narrow[static_cast<unsigned char>(__c)])
+	  return _M_narrow[static_cast<unsigned char>(__c)];
 	const char __t = do_narrow(__c, __dfault);
-	if (__t != __dfault) _M_narrow[__c] = __t;
+	if (__t != __dfault) _M_narrow[static_cast<unsigned char>(__c)] = __t;
 	return __t;
       }