diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ecce9de..ec5bf9f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-02-21  Ross Burton  <ross@burtonini.com>
+	reviewed by: plam, keithp
+
+	* src/fcxml.c (FcParsePatelt):
+
+	Freeze patterns created by configuration file for tiny 
+	memory savings (every little bit helps).
+
 2006-02-21  Mike Fabian  <mfabian@suse.de>
 	reviewed by: plam
 	
diff --git a/src/fcxml.c b/src/fcxml.c
index c9e44e3..817486f 100644
--- a/src/fcxml.c
+++ b/src/fcxml.c
@@ -1968,7 +1968,8 @@ FcParsePatelt (FcConfigParse *parse)
 	}
     }
 
-    FcVStackPushPattern (parse, pattern);
+    FcVStackPushPattern (parse, FcPatternFreeze(pattern));
+    FcPatternDestroy (pattern);
 }
 
 static void