diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4581419d..27089ebb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Changelog for Openbox:
 
 2.0.0:
+ * fix compliling with --disable-slit.                  (Ben Jansens)
+
  * fixed sticky windows behavior.                       (Ben Jansens)
 
  * make reconfigure reset the timeout values for
diff --git a/src/Screen.cc b/src/Screen.cc
index 08b76971..2225e2ce 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cc
+++ b/src/Screen.cc
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ Rect BScreen::availableArea() const {
       space.setH(space.h() - tbarh);
     }
 #else // !SLIT
-    int tbarh = resource.hide_toolbar() ? 0 :
+    int tbarh = resource.hide_toolbar ? 0 :
       toolbar->getExposedHeight() + resource.border_width * 2;
     switch (toolbar->placement()) {
     case Toolbar::TopLeft: