diff --git a/libstdc++/ChangeLog b/libstdc++/ChangeLog
index 25e5418a77c..731c2a59c73 100644
--- a/libstdc++/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-09-17 Gabriel Dos Reis  <dosreis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
+
+	* std/complext.cc (pow): Don't expect floating point promotion
+	in presence of template argument deduction.  There is no such
+	thing. 
+
 1999-09-01  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* configure.in: Move *-*-gnu* pattern below *-*-linux*.
diff --git a/libstdc++/std/complext.cc b/libstdc++/std/complext.cc
index d50bf0871f6..60227f21329 100644
--- a/libstdc++/std/complext.cc
+++ b/libstdc++/std/complext.cc
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ pow (const complex<FLOAT>& xin, int y)
   if (y < 0)
     {
       y = -y;
-      x = 1/x;
+      x = FLOAT(1)/x;
     }
   for (;;)
     {