diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ebaa5cfd53da..9a9d021a2e09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2006-07-07 Add compatibility for NumPy 1.0 - TEO
+
 2006-06-29 Added a Qt4Agg backend. Thank you James Amundson - DSD
 
 2006-06-26 Fixed a usetex bug. On windows, usetex will prcess
diff --git a/src/cntr.c b/src/cntr.c
index b763808b4e41..dcd61c440f8b 100644
--- a/src/cntr.c
+++ b/src/cntr.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #else
 #define PY_ARRAY_TYPES_PREFIX NumPy
 #include "numpy/arrayobject.h"
+#if (NDARRAY_VERSION >= 0x00090908)
+#include "numpy/oldnumeric.h"
+#endif
 #endif
 #endif