diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c6000068c..f73c0491c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Changes for CVS top of tree:
+
+Give power crystal a weight of one.  This allows it to be picked up - msw
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Changes for Crossfire 0.93.3:
 
 Number of images cleaned up/improved/created by David Sundqvist.
diff --git a/spell/power_crystal.arc b/spell/power_crystal.arc
index c0d9f5c76..c944f6f4f 100644
--- a/spell/power_crystal.arc
+++ b/spell/power_crystal.arc
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ value 10000000
 material 64
 is_animated 1
 editable 4096
+weight 1
 end