diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2b4c402..79cbd46b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-06-21  Uwe Tews
+
+    * PHP7 raises E_DEPRECATED use __construct for compatibility 
+
 2013-09-30
 
     * Fixed old vulnerability bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356615
diff --git a/libs/Config_File.class.php b/libs/Config_File.class.php
index af4bc08b..6d8c2987 100644
--- a/libs/Config_File.class.php
+++ b/libs/Config_File.class.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Config_File {
      *
      * @param string $config_path (optional) path to the config files
      */
-    function Config_File($config_path = NULL)
+    public function __construct($config_path = NULL)
     {
         if (isset($config_path))
             $this->set_path($config_path);
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index ab70d210..667e3b75 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ class Smarty
     /**
      * The class constructor.
      */
-    function Smarty()
+    public function __construct()
     {
       $this->assign('SCRIPT_NAME', isset($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ? $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']
                     : @$GLOBALS['HTTP_SERVER_VARS']['SCRIPT_NAME']);
diff --git a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
index 49ef7d0d..00602150 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
     /**
      * The class constructor.
      */
-    function Smarty_Compiler()
+    public function __construct()
     {
         // matches double quoted strings:
         // "foobar"