diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 69d24bc8..d3921311 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ Stefan Huelswitt <huels@iname.com>
  for changing thread handling to make it work with NPTL ("Native Posix Thread Library")
  for creating mutexes with PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP, which made the 'lockingTid'
  stuff obsolete
+ for suggesting to move the declaration of cMenuText to VDR/menu.h to make it
+ available to plugins
 
 Ulrich Röder <roeder@efr-net.de>
  for pointing out that there are channels that have a symbol rate higher than
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 2ba10479..7c0b73da 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   set the "Set system time" and "Use time from transponder" parameters accordingly
   (this is necessary even if you have already set them before!).
 
-2004-05-22: Version 1.3.8
+2004-05-23: Version 1.3.8
 
 - Fixed a crash when switching the skin and having selected a non-default theme
   that is not available for the newly selected skin (thanks to Sascha Volkenandt
@@ -2827,3 +2827,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   'Transfer Mode' (thanks to Michal Dobrzynski for reporting this one).
 - Fixed a memory leak in NIT processing (thanks to Marcel Wiesweg).
 - Added a few missing initializations (thanks to Marcel Wiesweg).
+- Moved the declaration of cMenuText to VDR/menu.h to make it available to plugins
+  (suggested by Stefan Huelswitt).
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index f3b2eb1c..3c86c193 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.302 2004/05/22 13:23:22 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.303 2004/05/23 09:39:09 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -499,15 +499,6 @@ eOSState cMenuChannels::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
 
 // --- cMenuText -------------------------------------------------------------
 
-class cMenuText : public cOsdMenu {
-private:
-  const char *text;
-public:
-  cMenuText(const char *Title, const char *Text, eDvbFont Font = fontOsd);
-  virtual void Display(void);
-  virtual eOSState ProcessKey(eKeys Key);
-  };
-
 cMenuText::cMenuText(const char *Title, const char *Text, eDvbFont Font)
 :cOsdMenu(Title)
 {
diff --git a/menu.h b/menu.h
index d52f6419..64bd0f95 100644
--- a/menu.h
+++ b/menu.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.h 1.61 2004/04/30 13:45:19 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.h 1.62 2004/05/23 09:39:02 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __MENU_H
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
 #include "recording.h"
 #include "skins.h"
 
+class cMenuText : public cOsdMenu {
+private:
+  const char *text;
+public:
+  cMenuText(const char *Title, const char *Text, eDvbFont Font = fontOsd);
+  virtual void Display(void);
+  virtual eOSState ProcessKey(eKeys Key);
+  };
+
 class cMenuMain : public cOsdMenu {
 private:
   time_t lastActivity;