diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
index db05081..373ca14 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/LogFactoryImpl.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
  * @author Rod Waldhoff
  * @author Craig R. McClanahan
  * @author Richard A. Sitze
- * @version $Revision: 1.35 $ $Date: 2004/10/17 09:14:10 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.36 $ $Date: 2004/10/31 17:53:48 $
  */
 
 public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
@@ -419,6 +419,14 @@ public class LogFactoryImpl extends LogFactory {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the context classloader.
+     * This method is a workaround for a java 1.2 compiler bug.
+     */
+    protected static ClassLoader getContextClassLoader() throws LogConfigurationException {
+        return LogFactory.getContextClassLoader();
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * MUST KEEP THIS METHOD PRIVATE.