diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2b417a64a..0fd33b5c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-03-10  Phil Jackson  <phil@shellarchive.co.uk>
+
+	* org-irc.el (org-irc-get-erc-link): port now converted to a
+	string when building the link.
+
 2008-03-10  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
 	* org-publish.el (org-publish-get-files): Protect against empty p.
diff --git a/org-irc.el b/org-irc.el
index 36b03d150..8bbd5000f 100644
--- a/org-irc.el
+++ b/org-irc.el
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ the session itself."
 (defun org-irc-get-erc-link ()
   "Return an org compatible irc:/ link from an ERC buffer"
   (let ((link (concat erc-server-announced-name ":"
-                      erc-session-port)))
+                      (number-to-string erc-session-port))))
     (concat link "/"
             (if (and (erc-default-target)
                      (erc-channel-p (erc-default-target))