diff -urNp e2fsprogs-1.40.6.orig/misc/mke2fs.c e2fsprogs-1.40.6/misc/mke2fs.c
--- e2fsprogs-1.40.6.orig/misc/mke2fs.c	2008-02-08 17:15:56.000000000 +0100
+++ e2fsprogs-1.40.6/misc/mke2fs.c	2008-02-27 10:12:26.564093579 +0100
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static void PRS(int argc, char *argv[])
 		program_name = get_progname(*argv);
 
 		/* If called as mkfs.ext3, create a journal inode */
-		if (!strcmp(program_name, "mkfs.ext3"))
+		if (!strcmp(program_name, "mkfs.ext3") || !strcmp(program_name, "mke3fs"))
 			journal_size = -1;
 	}