--- a/src/inv.cc
+++ b/src/inv.cc
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+// XXX FIXME XXX -- this should really be done with an alias, but
+// alias_builtin() won't do the right thing if we are actually using
+// dynamic linking.
+
+DEFUN_DLD_BUILTIN ("inverse", Finverse, Sinverse, 2, 1,
+  "inverse (X): inverse of a square matrix")
+{
+  return Finv (args, nargout);
+}
+
 /*
 ;;; Local Variables: ***
 ;;; mode: C++ ***

--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
-DEFUN ("file_in_path", Ffile_in_pat, Sfile_in_path, 3, 1,
+DEFUN ("file_in_path", Ffile_in_path, Sfile_in_path, 3, 1,
   "file_in_path (PATH, NAME)")
 {
   Octave_object retval;