diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a8167be..8e19273e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Feb  4 16:31:55 CET 2003 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* valid.c: fixing bug #103969 forgot to add an epsilon transition
+	  when building the automata for elem*
+
 Tue Feb  4 16:21:07 CET 2003 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
 
 	* HTMLparser.c: applied patch from Arne de Bruijn fixing 
diff --git a/valid.c b/valid.c
index dcf72d4b..a462bdbc 100644
--- a/valid.c
+++ b/valid.c
@@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ xmlValidBuildAContentModel(xmlElementContentPtr content,
 		case XML_ELEMENT_CONTENT_MULT:
 		    xmlAutomataNewTransition(ctxt->am, ctxt->state,
 			                     ctxt->state, fname, NULL);
+		    ctxt->state = xmlAutomataNewEpsilon(ctxt->am, ctxt->state,
+			                     NULL);
 		    break;
 	    }
 	    if (QName != NULL)