2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 8209f47f6f8..1cea67b8689 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
         * xfaces.c (check_lface_attrs, realize_default_face): Add
         LFACE_DISTANT_FOREGROUND_INDEX (Bug#15788).
+        (realize_default_face): Set DISTANT_FOREGROUND to unspecified_fg.
 
 2013-11-02  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
diff --git a/src/xfaces.c b/src/xfaces.c
index 717690a42e5..7b88659e11d 100644
--- a/src/xfaces.c
+++ b/src/xfaces.c
@@ -5356,7 +5356,7 @@ realize_default_face (struct frame *f)
     }
 
   if (UNSPECIFIEDP (LFACE_DISTANT_FOREGROUND (lface)))
-    ASET (lface, LFACE_DISTANT_FOREGROUND_INDEX, Qnil);
+    ASET (lface, LFACE_DISTANT_FOREGROUND_INDEX, build_string (unspecified_fg));
 
   if (UNSPECIFIEDP (LFACE_BACKGROUND (lface)))
     {