diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index 010a626b8..2e7dba82d 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  - updated alsa-driver and alsa
  - fixed linux24 i2c patch, added 2.4 x86_64 compile fix and blacklistging
    for 2.4 and 2.6
+ - Sebastian Jaenicke: fixed etc/services (whois/nicname)
 
 *) 2003-08-25 (2.0.0-rc1 - 2.0.0-rc2)
 
diff --git a/package/base/sysfiles/etc_services.txt b/package/base/sysfiles/etc_services.txt
index 604a8838b..e1f8d6e7e 100644
--- a/package/base/sysfiles/etc_services.txt
+++ b/package/base/sysfiles/etc_services.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ name             42/tcp #  Host Name Server
 name             42/udp #  Host Name Server
 nameserver       42/tcp #  Host Name Server
 nameserver       42/udp #  Host Name Server
+nicname          43/tcp whois nicname # usually to sri-nic, who is, nicname
+nicname          43/udp shois whois  # who is, nicname
 mpm-flags        44/tcp #  MPM FLAGS Protocol
 mpm-flags        44/udp #  MPM FLAGS Protocol
 mpm              45/tcp #  Message Processing Module [recv]