diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b859b76047..2c18797bf3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-03-17  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/config/gimpconfig.c: open the file with O_TRUNC.
+
 2002-03-17  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.[ch]: new function to set the sensitivity
diff --git a/app/config/gimpconfig.c b/app/config/gimpconfig.c
index 7906bc937f..2604231239 100644
--- a/app/config/gimpconfig.c
+++ b/app/config/gimpconfig.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gimp_config_serialize (GObject      *object,
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (gimp_config_iface != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  fd = open (filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 
+  fd = open (filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 
 #ifndef G_OS_WIN32
              S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 #else
diff --git a/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-iface.c b/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-iface.c
index 7906bc937f..2604231239 100644
--- a/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-iface.c
+++ b/libgimpconfig/gimpconfig-iface.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gimp_config_serialize (GObject      *object,
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (gimp_config_iface != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  fd = open (filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 
+  fd = open (filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 
 #ifndef G_OS_WIN32
              S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
 #else