diff --git a/lvm.c b/lvm.c
index ac36b844..c88d7586 100644
--- a/lvm.c
+++ b/lvm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.90 2009/06/01 19:09:26 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.91 2009/06/10 16:57:53 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int luaV_lessthan (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r) {
 }
 
 
-static int lessequal (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r) {
+int luaV_lessequal (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r) {
   int res;
   if (ttype(l) != ttype(r))
     return luaG_ordererror(L, l, r);
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
       }
       case OP_LE: {
         Protect(
-          if (lessequal(L, RKB(i), RKC(i)) == GETARG_A(i))
+          if (luaV_lessequal(L, RKB(i), RKC(i)) == GETARG_A(i))
             dojump(GETARG_sBx(*ci->u.l.savedpc));
         )
         ci->u.l.savedpc++;
diff --git a/lvm.h b/lvm.h
index 0b45ca0d..10009f97 100644
--- a/lvm.h
+++ b/lvm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lvm.h,v 2.8 2009/03/10 17:14:37 roberto Exp $
+** $Id: lvm.h,v 2.9 2009/05/27 17:11:27 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_equalval_ (lua_State *L, const TValue *t1, const TValue *t2);
 
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_lessthan (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r);
+LUAI_FUNC int luaV_lessequal (lua_State *L, const TValue *l, const TValue *r);
 LUAI_FUNC const TValue *luaV_tonumber (const TValue *obj, TValue *n);
 LUAI_FUNC int luaV_tostring (lua_State *L, StkId obj);
 LUAI_FUNC void luaV_gettable (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,