diff --git a/pixman/ChangeLog b/pixman/ChangeLog
index 4b71721f9..2598f41fe 100644
--- a/pixman/ChangeLog
+++ b/pixman/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-08-21  Billy Biggs  <vektor@dumbterm.net>
+
+	Fix for bug #4140:
+
+	* src/icrect.c: (pixman_fill_rect_8bpp): Dereference the pixel value
+	correctly on big endian systems.
+
 2005-08-18  Billy Biggs  <vektor@dumbterm.net>
 
 	* src/fbmmx.c: (mmxCombineMaskU), (mmxCombineOverU): Special case
diff --git a/pixman/src/icrect.c b/pixman/src/icrect.c
index 95306790c..24512f4f2 100644
--- a/pixman/src/icrect.c
+++ b/pixman/src/icrect.c
@@ -109,12 +109,13 @@ pixman_fill_rect_8bpp (pixman_image_t *dst,
 		       uint16_t	       height,
 		       pixman_bits_t  *pixel)
 {
+    int value = (int) (*pixel);
     char *line;
 
     line = (char *)dst->pixels->data +
 	xDst + yDst * dst->pixels->stride;
     while (height-- > 0) {
-	memset (line, *(char *)pixel, width);
+	memset (line, value, width);
 	line += dst->pixels->stride;
     }
 }