diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b87c7d863..f26c7cd47a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-25  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* plug-ins/common/sel_gauss.c: allow radius < 1.0 (bug #90957).
+
 2002-08-22  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/gui/dialogs-constructors.c: a nicer tab for the selection
diff --git a/plug-ins/common/sel_gauss.c b/plug-ins/common/sel_gauss.c
index 0b4e59fe0b..24a142c6aa 100644
--- a/plug-ins/common/sel_gauss.c
+++ b/plug-ins/common/sel_gauss.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ query (void)
     { GIMP_PDB_INT32, "run_mode", "Interactive, non-interactive" },
     { GIMP_PDB_IMAGE, "image", "Input image (unused)" },
     { GIMP_PDB_DRAWABLE, "drawable", "Input drawable" },
-    { GIMP_PDB_FLOAT, "radius", "Radius of gaussian blur (in pixels > 1.0)" },
+    { GIMP_PDB_FLOAT, "radius", "Radius of gaussian blur (in pixels >= 0.1)" },
     { GIMP_PDB_INT32, "maxdelta", "Maximum delta" }
   };
 
@@ -170,9 +170,10 @@ run (gchar      *name,
 	{
 	  bvals.radius   = param[3].data.d_float;
 	  bvals.maxdelta = CLAMP (param[4].data.d_int32, 0, 255);
+
+          if (bvals.radius < 0.1)
+            status = GIMP_PDB_CALLING_ERROR;
 	}
-      if (status == GIMP_PDB_SUCCESS && (bvals.radius < 1.0))
-	status = GIMP_PDB_CALLING_ERROR;
       break;
 
     case GIMP_RUN_WITH_LAST_VALS:
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ sel_gauss_dialog (void)
   gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (frame), table);
 
   spinbutton = gimp_spin_button_new (&adj,
-				     bvals.radius, 1.0, G_MAXINT, 1.0, 5.0,
+				     bvals.radius, 0.1, G_MAXINT, 1.0, 5.0,
 				     0, 1, 2);
   gimp_table_attach_aligned (GTK_TABLE (table), 0, 0,
 			     _("_Blur Radius:"), 1.0, 0.5,