diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index dcb62a4e7..edc261806 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-04-23  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+ 	* miscutil.c: New function answer_is_yes_no_default() to give a
+	default answer.
+
 2002-04-22  Stefan Bellon  <sbellon@sbellon.de>
 
 	* riscos.c (riscos_open, riscos_fopen, riscos_fstat, set_filetype):
diff --git a/util/miscutil.c b/util/miscutil.c
index d6a10cb19..276954234 100644
--- a/util/miscutil.c
+++ b/util/miscutil.c
@@ -290,9 +290,8 @@ make_printable_string( const byte *p, size_t n, int delim )
     return buffer;
 }
 
-
 int
-answer_is_yes( const char *s )
+answer_is_yes_no_default( const char *s, int def_answer )
 {
     const char *long_yes = _("yes");
     const char *short_yes = _("yY");
@@ -314,9 +313,14 @@ answer_is_yes( const char *s )
 	return 1;
     if( *s && strchr( "yY", *s ) && !s[1] )
 	return 1;
-    return 0;
+    return def_answer;
 }
 
+int
+answer_is_yes( const char *s )
+{
+  return answer_is_yes_no_default(s,0);
+}
 
 /****************
  * Return 1 for yes, -1 for quit, or 0 for no