diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a2c7aa9b9..526fec5e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-26  Matthew Allum  <mallum@openedhand.com>
+
+	* tests/test-pixmap.c: (main):
+        Use strtol on arg as to take hex values. Tweak from James Ketrenos
+
 2008-06-25  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Post release bump to 0.7.5.
diff --git a/tests/test-pixmap.c b/tests/test-pixmap.c
index f547a1abc..d894f6aaf 100644
--- a/tests/test-pixmap.c
+++ b/tests/test-pixmap.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (argc < 2)
     g_error ("usage: %s <window id>", argv[0]);
 
-  win_remote = atol(argv[1]);
+  win_remote = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0);
 
   stage = clutter_stage_get_default ();
   clutter_stage_set_color (CLUTTER_STAGE (stage), &gry);