diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index a14302c32ca..aefb2fd4cbb 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-31  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* gnus-sum.el (gnus-summary-next-article): XEmacs-friendly version of
+	2009-01-09 change.
+
 2009-01-16  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 
 	* auth-source.el: Update docs to reflect epa-file-enable is to be used
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
index ed636e03229..0624418f5ee 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el
@@ -7625,7 +7625,9 @@ If BACKWARD, the previous article is selected instead of the next."
    (t
     (unless (gnus-ephemeral-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name)
       (gnus-summary-jump-to-group gnus-newsgroup-name))
-    (let ((cmd last-command-char)
+    (let ((cmd (if (featurep 'xemacs)
+		   last-command-char
+		 last-command-event))
 	  (point
 	   (with-current-buffer gnus-group-buffer
 	     (point)))