diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a192aca4..a1f4a51f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog for Openbox:
 
 1.2.0:
+ * fix for slit menu not using the correct style when
+   the style changed.                                   (Ben Jansens)
+
  * changed the menu from an rcfile option to a command-
    line option. use 'openbox -menu <file>' to select an
    alternate menu. The default menu used is
diff --git a/src/Slit.cc b/src/Slit.cc
index 47cef350..f6c87aa9 100644
--- a/src/Slit.cc
+++ b/src/Slit.cc
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ void Slitmenu::Directionmenu::setValues() {
 
 void Slitmenu::Directionmenu::reconfigure() {
   setValues();
+  Basemenu::reconfigure();
 }