diff --git a/src/spell.c b/src/spell.c
index 8558d3908..b3d9b0a3c 100644
--- a/src/spell.c
+++ b/src/spell.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ spell_check(
     if (spell_iswordp(mi.mi_fend, wp))
     {
 	int prev_upper;
-	int this_upper;
+	int this_upper = FALSE;  // init for gcc
 
 	if (use_camel_case)
 	{
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 66f01def3..5638e8294 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    957,
 /**/
     956,
 /**/