diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 782e053a1..392fe5449 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-01-08  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
+	* org-ascii.el (org-export-ascii-preprocess): Protect targets in
+	verbatim code for ASCII export.
+
 	* org.el (org-update-statistics-cookies): Also see checkboxes in
 	ordered lists.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-ascii.el b/lisp/org-ascii.el
index 3019a1a00..18587250d 100644
--- a/lisp/org-ascii.el
+++ b/lisp/org-ascii.el
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@ publishing directory."
   ;; Remove target markers
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (while (re-search-forward  "<<<?\\([^<>]*\\)>>>?\\([ \t]*\\)" nil t)
-    (replace-match "\\1\\2")))
+    (org-if-unprotected-at (match-beginning 1)
+      (replace-match "\\1\\2"))))
 
 (defun org-html-expand-for-ascii (line)
   "Handle quoted HTML for ASCII export."