diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8f7156065..3e6402532 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2008-02-13 Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/plugins/WritePkg.py: add callback=None, issue #1398
+
 2008-02-13 Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
 	* po/POTFILES.in: remove checkpoint.glade
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/WritePkg.py b/src/plugins/WritePkg.py
index 4bb707717..adf2bc330 100644
--- a/src/plugins/WritePkg.py
+++ b/src/plugins/WritePkg.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def writeData(database, filename, person, option_box, callback=None):
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class PackageWriter:
 
-    def __init__(self, database, filename, callback):
+    def __init__(self, database, filename, callback=None):
         self.db = database
         self.callback = callback
         self.filename = filename