diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7e7b6cd2c8..57170e586d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-10  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/core/gimpdrawable-curves.c (gimp_drawable_curves_explicit):
+	use GIMP_CURVE_FREE, not _SMOOTH. Fixes the resp. PDB call.
+
 2008-11-10  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/core/gimpunit.c: use NC_() to provide translation contexts.
diff --git a/app/core/gimpdrawable-curves.c b/app/core/gimpdrawable-curves.c
index b10d265eff..a08087b6b3 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpdrawable-curves.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpdrawable-curves.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ gimp_drawable_curves_explicit (GimpDrawable *drawable,
 
   gimp_data_freeze (GIMP_DATA (curve));
 
-  gimp_curve_set_curve_type (curve, GIMP_CURVE_SMOOTH);
+  gimp_curve_set_curve_type (curve, GIMP_CURVE_FREE);
 
   for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
     gimp_curve_set_curve (curve,