diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e05801f9..233ccfff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 26/7/11 started 7.26.1
 - doc fixups
+- oops, ==0 missing from a strcmp() in vips7compat
 
 26/7/11 started 7.26.0
 - version bunp for 7.26
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c b/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c
index 1be6beed..e02a1fb8 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ lookup_enum( GType type, const char *names[], const char *name )
 		return( value->value );
 
 	for( i = 0; names[i]; i++ )
-		if( strcasecmp( names[i], name ) )
+		if( strcasecmp( names[i], name ) == 0 )
 			return( i );
 
 	return( -1 );