diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99b778e22..327da9983 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Features
 Bugfix
    * Fix the key_app_writer example which was writing a leading zero byte which
      was creating an invalid ASN.1 tag. Found by Aryeh R. Fixes #1257.
+   * Fix compilation error on C++, because of a variable named new.
+     Found and fixed by Hirotaka Niisato in #1783.
 
 Changes
    * Change the shebang line in Perl scripts to look up perl in the PATH.
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index e5119fcda..fd33fa41c 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -5995,27 +5995,27 @@ static int ssl_append_key_cert( mbedtls_ssl_key_cert **head,
                                 mbedtls_x509_crt *cert,
                                 mbedtls_pk_context *key )
 {
-    mbedtls_ssl_key_cert *new;
+    mbedtls_ssl_key_cert *new_cert;
 
-    new = mbedtls_calloc( 1, sizeof( mbedtls_ssl_key_cert ) );
-    if( new == NULL )
+    new_cert = mbedtls_calloc( 1, sizeof( mbedtls_ssl_key_cert ) );
+    if( new_cert == NULL )
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_ALLOC_FAILED );
 
-    new->cert = cert;
-    new->key  = key;
-    new->next = NULL;
+    new_cert->cert = cert;
+    new_cert->key  = key;
+    new_cert->next = NULL;
 
     /* Update head is the list was null, else add to the end */
     if( *head == NULL )
     {
-        *head = new;
+        *head = new_cert;
     }
     else
     {
         mbedtls_ssl_key_cert *cur = *head;
         while( cur->next != NULL )
             cur = cur->next;
-        cur->next = new;
+        cur->next = new_cert;
     }
 
     return( 0 );