diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 33f2ddbd8..913c47eb9 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	Fix -u<module> without file extension.
 	* t/perldoc.t: perlcc fails with 5.8 because Cwd disturbs the
 	  fragile method package finder for File::Spec. Use cc_harness.
+	* Stash (1.03): fix compilation for 5.8.8 and below: gv_fetchsv missing
 
 1.42	2012-02-01 rurban
 	* C: Improved finding methods in parent classes, visible by the
diff --git a/Stash/Stash.pm b/Stash/Stash.pm
index a4851d517..5e5a17837 100644
--- a/Stash/Stash.pm
+++ b/Stash/Stash.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Stash.pm -- show what stashes are loaded
 package B::Stash;
 
-our $VERSION = '1.02';
+our $VERSION = '1.03';
 
 =pod
 
diff --git a/Stash/Stash.xs b/Stash/Stash.xs
index bd5146168..cdd79b9d8 100644
--- a/Stash/Stash.xs
+++ b/Stash/Stash.xs
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ CvIsXSUB(cvname)
         SV* cvname;
    CODE:
 	CV *cv;
+#if PERL_VERSION < 8 || ((PERL_VERSION == 8) && (PERL_SUBVERSION < 9))
+	GV *const gv = gv_fetchpv(SvPVX(cvname), 0, SVt_PVCV);
+#else
 	GV *const gv = gv_fetchsv(cvname, 0, SVt_PVCV);
+#endif
 	RETVAL = FALSE;
 	if (gv && (cv = GvCV(gv))) {
 	  if (CvXSUB(cv)) {
-#if PERLVERSION < 7
+#if PERL_VERSION < 7
 	    RETVAL = TRUE;
 #else
 	    if (!(CvFLAGS(cv) & CVf_CONST) || (CvFLAGS(cv) & CVf_ANON)) {