diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 661641a7ff..8a30a28ca3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-06-05  Dave Peticolas  <dave@krondo.com>
 
+	* src/register/splitreg.c (xaccInitSplitRegister): use higher
+	precision for stock prices.
+
 	* src/<lots>: moved gui-dependent definitions from
 	src/engine/gnc-common.h to src/engine/gnc-ui-common.h.
 	Use guint32 instead of home-grown typedef. This touched
diff --git a/src/register/splitreg.c b/src/register/splitreg.c
index 6b56a57f21..7ba4bccee4 100644
--- a/src/register/splitreg.c
+++ b/src/register/splitreg.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ xaccInitSplitRegister (SplitRegister *reg, int type)
          xaccSetPriceCellSharesValue (reg->creditCell, GNC_T);
          xaccSetPriceCellSharesValue (reg->ndebitCell, GNC_T);
          xaccSetPriceCellSharesValue (reg->ncreditCell, GNC_T);
+         xaccSetPriceCellIsCurrency (reg->priceCell, GNC_T);
 
          xaccSetBasicCellBlankHelp (&reg->priceCell->cell, PRICE_CELL_HELP);
          xaccSetBasicCellBlankHelp (&reg->valueCell->cell, VALUE_CELL_HELP);