diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 16e837b1..a4bafe30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Thu 02 Jul 2020 09:56:23 PM CEST
+    Fixed return type of MHD_queue_basic_auth_fail_response. -CA/CG
+
 Sun 28 Jun 2020 09:36:01 PM CEST
     Fix buffer overflow issue in URL parser.
     Releasing libmicrohttpd 0.9.71. -CG
diff --git a/src/include/microhttpd.h b/src/include/microhttpd.h
index 00d4f9bd..7de7686b 100644
--- a/src/include/microhttpd.h
+++ b/src/include/microhttpd.h
@@ -3733,7 +3733,7 @@ MHD_basic_auth_get_username_password (struct MHD_Connection *connection,
  * @return #MHD_YES on success, #MHD_NO otherwise
  * @ingroup authentication
  */
-_MHD_EXTERN int
+_MHD_EXTERN enum MHD_Result
 MHD_queue_basic_auth_fail_response (struct MHD_Connection *connection,
                                     const char *realm,
                                     struct MHD_Response *response);
diff --git a/src/microhttpd/basicauth.c b/src/microhttpd/basicauth.c
index 3208ee8c..d9532d4a 100644
--- a/src/microhttpd/basicauth.c
+++ b/src/microhttpd/basicauth.c
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ MHD_basic_auth_get_username_password (struct MHD_Connection *connection,
  * @return #MHD_YES on success, #MHD_NO otherwise
  * @ingroup authentication
  */
-int
+enum MHD_Result
 MHD_queue_basic_auth_fail_response (struct MHD_Connection *connection,
                                     const char *realm,
                                     struct MHD_Response *response)
 {
-  int ret;
+  enum MHD_Result ret;
   int res;
   size_t hlen = strlen (realm) + strlen ("Basic realm=\"\"") + 1;
   char *header;