diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eda82668..b3a7bcc6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-11-17  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* src/useradd.c: Allow the -b option even without the -D option.
+
 2007-11-17  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* src/usermod.c: Use the same error message for the below errors.
diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index 882ce431..4527a573 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -1005,9 +1005,6 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, char **argv)
 				     long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
 			switch (c) {
 			case 'b':
-				if (!Dflg)
-					usage ();
-
 				if (!VALID (optarg)
 				    || optarg[0] != '/') {
 					fprintf (stderr,