diff --git a/WINGs/ChangeLog b/WINGs/ChangeLog
index 1f870870..e25e64de 100644
--- a/WINGs/ChangeLog
+++ b/WINGs/ChangeLog
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ changes since wmaker 0.61.1:
   problem with them: inability to remove handlers next to the called one, from
   the called handler itself. Trying to do this with the old version caused the
   program to crash.
+- changed wrealloc behaviour to be like this: new = wrealloc(old, new_size);
+    1. if old is NULL, return wmalloc(new_size).
+    2. if new_size is 0, call wfree(old), and return NULL.
+    3. if both old is a valid pointer and new_size>0, call realloc.
 
 changes since wmaker 0.61.0:
 ............................
diff --git a/WINGs/memory.c b/WINGs/memory.c
index dbe60c2a..89f3ad5d 100644
--- a/WINGs/memory.c
+++ b/WINGs/memory.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ void *wrealloc(void *ptr, size_t newsize)
 
     if (!ptr) {
 	nptr = wmalloc(newsize);
+    } else if (newsize==0) {
+        wfree(ptr);
+        nptr = NULL;
     } else {
 #ifdef TEST_WITH_GC
 	nptr = GC_realloc(ptr, newsize);