diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2b4175a883..0df484ff1c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-08-19  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* src/engine/Account.c: Add missing call to xaccAccountBeginEdit.
+
 2006-08-18  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
 	* various: Add some 'const' declarations.
diff --git a/src/engine/Account.c b/src/engine/Account.c
index 7c5511e112..72ab252ec9 100644
--- a/src/engine/Account.c
+++ b/src/engine/Account.c
@@ -2003,6 +2003,7 @@ xaccAccountSetHidden (Account *acc, gboolean val)
 {
   if (!acc) return;
   
+  xaccAccountBeginEdit (acc);
   kvp_frame_set_string (acc->inst.kvp_data, "hidden",
 			val ? "true" : NULL);
   mark_account (acc);