diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b0241f839c..89978e916e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Mar  3 22:54:33 2007  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
+
+	* lib/fileutils.rb (touch): last #touch change causes error when
+	  :mtime option was not given.
+
 Sat Mar  3 22:51:29 2007  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
 
 	* lib/fileutils.rb (mv): could not move directory between
diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 386ea35f81..73ee072024 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -1012,13 +1012,9 @@ module FileUtils
     fu_check_options options, OPT_TABLE['touch']
     list = fu_list(list)
     created = nocreate = options[:nocreate]
-    t = options[:mtime]
+    t = options[:mtime] || Time.now
     if options[:verbose]
-      fu_output_message "touch #{
-        nocreate ? ' -c' : ''
-      }#{
-        t ? t.strftime(' -t %Y%m%d%H%M.%S') : ''
-      }#{list.join ' '}"
+      fu_output_message "touch #{nocreate ? ' -c' : ''}#{t ? t.strftime(' -t %Y%m%d%H%M.%S') : ''}#{list.join ' '}"
     end
     return if options[:noop]
     list.each do |path|