diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 8b53e105..8bd1a359 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ===== SVN trunk  =====
+05/12/2010
+- bugfix missing declaration of $smarty in Smarty class
+
 01/12/2010
 - improvement of {debug} tag output
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 31909663..f9f50679 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     public $deprecation_notices = true;
     // Smarty 2 BC
     public $_version = self::SMARTY_VERSION;
+    // self pointer to Smarty object
+    public $smarty;
 
     /**
      * Class constructor, initializes basic smarty properties