diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0c6b5948fe0..7db22e734cc 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-11  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/package.el (finder-list-matches):
+	Autoload rather than falsely declaring.
+
 2013-12-11  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 
 	* net/eww.el (eww-exit, eww-close): Add UI convenience wrappers.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index f743ee4db9d..34aa2b62105 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ If optional arg NO-ACTIVATE is non-nil, don't activate packages."
       (revert-buffer nil t)
       (goto-char (point-min)))))
 
-(declare-function finder-list-matches "finder" (keyword))
+(autoload 'finder-list-matches "finder")
 (defun package-keyword-button-action (button)
   (let ((pkg-keyword (button-get button 'package-keyword)))
     (finder-list-matches pkg-keyword)))