diff --git a/avrdude/ChangeLog b/avrdude/ChangeLog
index cf17d512..7109e5a4 100644
--- a/avrdude/ChangeLog
+++ b/avrdude/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-07-11  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	* fileio.c (elf2b): replace elf_getshstrndx() by
+	elf_getshdrstrndx() as the former one is deprecated
+
 2013-06-19  Rene Liebscher <R.Liebscher@gmx.de>
 
 	use bitbanging on ftdi mpsse when wrong pins are used
diff --git a/avrdude/fileio.c b/avrdude/fileio.c
index a5696209..c5dd7b90 100644
--- a/avrdude/fileio.c
+++ b/avrdude/fileio.c
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static int elf2b(char * infile, FILE * inf,
   }
 
   size_t sndx;
-  if (elf_getshstrndx(e, &sndx) != 0) {
+  if (elf_getshdrstrndx(e, &sndx) != 0) {
     fprintf(stderr,
             "%s: ERROR: Error obtaining section name string table: %s\n",
             progname, elf_errmsg(-1));