1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/qmake/tools/qgdict.cpp b/qmake/tools/qgdict.cpp
index c431ff8..3d49fc7 100644
--- a/qmake/tools/qgdict.cpp
+++ b/qmake/tools/qgdict.cpp
@@ -195,25 +195,28 @@ QDataStream& QGDict::write( QDataStream &s, QPtrCollection::Item ) const
   \c IntKey or \c PtrKey. The case-sensitivity of lookups is set with
   \a caseSensitive. Keys are copied if \a copyKeys is TRUE.
 */
 
 QGDict::QGDict( uint len, KeyType kt, bool caseSensitive, bool copyKeys )
 {
     init( len, kt, caseSensitive, copyKeys );
 }
 
 
 void QGDict::init( uint len, KeyType kt, bool caseSensitive, bool copyKeys )
 {
-            vec = new QBaseBucket *[vlen = len];        // allocate hash table
+    vlen = len;
+    if ( vlen == 0 )
+        vlen = 17;
+    vec = new QBaseBucket *[vlen];
     Q_CHECK_PTR( vec );
     memset( (char*)vec, 0, vlen*sizeof(QBaseBucket*) );
     numItems  = 0;
     iterators = 0;
     // The caseSensitive and copyKey options don't make sense for
     // all dict types.
     switch ( (keytype = (uint)kt) ) {
         case StringKey:
             cases = caseSensitive;
             copyk = FALSE;
             break;
         case AsciiKey: