diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index bf2419f1354..d8f355ffbda 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-11-09 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Fix for bug 77251: Need protected access to DisassemblyView's createVerticalRuler() method. 
+	* DisassemblyView.java
+
 2004-11-05 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Cleanup.
 	* PreferenceMessages.properties
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/disassembly/DisassemblyView.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/disassembly/DisassemblyView.java
index 5736323649f..6ed85711926 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/disassembly/DisassemblyView.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/disassembly/DisassemblyView.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public class DisassemblyView extends AbstractDebugEventHandlerView
 	 *
 	 * @return the vertical ruler
 	 */
-	private IVerticalRuler createVerticalRuler() {
+	protected IVerticalRuler createVerticalRuler() {
 		IVerticalRuler ruler = new VerticalRuler( VERTICAL_RULER_WIDTH, getAnnotationAccess() );
 		return ruler;
 	}