diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 994bdf407..5316279f5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ ver 0.16.2 (2011/??/??)
 * decoder:
   - tremor: fix configure test
   - gme: detect end of song
+* output:
+  - httpd: fix uninitialized variable
 
 
 ver 0.16.1 (2011/01/09)
diff --git a/src/output/httpd_output_plugin.c b/src/output/httpd_output_plugin.c
index 72994018a..27103c3f8 100644
--- a/src/output/httpd_output_plugin.c
+++ b/src/output/httpd_output_plugin.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ httpd_output_init(G_GNUC_UNUSED const struct audio_format *audio_format,
 
 	/* initialize metadata */
 	httpd->metadata = NULL;
+	httpd->unflushed_input = 0;
 
 	/* initialize encoder */