diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index f1157b1f..72487707 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -142,3 +142,4 @@ Andreas Vitting <Andreas@huji.de>
 
 Matthias Weingart <matthias@pentax.boerde.de>
  for fixing handling of the volume, mute and power keys when menus are active
+ for fixing the repeat function when using the LIRC remote control
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 93bbcc21..f27afa2f 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -793,3 +793,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   files from the video directory at the same time.
 - The new setup parameter SplitEditedFiles can be used to control whether or
   not the result of an editing process shall be written into separate files.
+- Fixed handling repeat function when using LIRC (thanks to Matthias Weingart).
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index eed91105..26d7acbf 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Ported to LIRC by Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.de>  2000-06-16.
  *
- * $Id: remote.c 1.24 2001/08/12 15:07:26 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: remote.c 1.25 2001/09/30 11:39:49 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "remote.h"
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ void cRcIoLIRC::Action(void)
                if (Now - FirstTime < REPEATDELAY)
                   continue; // repeat function kicks in after a short delay
                receivedData = receivedRepeat = true;
+               receivedRelease = false;
                }
             LastTime = Now;
             WakeUp();