diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 99ef7433b..5d02e1e7b 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-11-26  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
+	* org-table.el (orgtbl-self-insert-command): Make S-SPC work in
+	orgtbl-mode.
+
 	* org-exp.el (org-export-as-ascii): Remove the handling of
 	targets.
 	(org-export-ascii-preprocess): Handle targets already in this
diff --git a/lisp/org-table.el b/lisp/org-table.el
index 1a83d972b..ffab7ade2 100644
--- a/lisp/org-table.el
+++ b/lisp/org-table.el
@@ -3492,12 +3492,13 @@ overwritten, and the table is not marked as requiring realignment."
 	(self-insert-command N))
     (setq org-table-may-need-update t)
     (let (orgtbl-mode a)
-      (call-interactively 
-       (key-binding
-	(or (and (listp function-key-map)
-		 (setq a (assoc last-input-event function-key-map))
-		 (cdr a))
-	    (vector last-input-event)))))))
+      (call-interactively
+       (or (key-binding
+	    (or (and (listp function-key-map)
+		     (setq a (assoc last-input-event function-key-map))
+		     (cdr a))
+		(vector last-input-event)))
+	   'self-insert-command)))))
 
 (defvar orgtbl-exp-regexp "^\\([-+]?[0-9][0-9.]*\\)[eE]\\([-+]?[0-9]+\\)$"
   "Regular expression matching exponentials as produced by calc.")