diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 5a520b101a..d6bed1c8d5 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2589,3 +2589,9 @@ David  7 Apr 2010
 	lib/
 		procinfo_win.cpp
 		procinfo_unix.cpp
+
+David  7 Apr 2010
+    - client: allow zero resource shares from account managers
+
+    client/
+        acct_mgr.cpp
diff --git a/client/acct_mgr.cpp b/client/acct_mgr.cpp
index 516cc2a116..0cb158ebd0 100644
--- a/client/acct_mgr.cpp
+++ b/client/acct_mgr.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int AM_ACCOUNT::parse(XML_PARSER& xp) {
             continue;
         }
         if (xp.parse_double(tag, "resource_share", dtemp)) {
-            if (dtemp > 0) {
+            if (dtemp >= 0) {
                 resource_share.set(dtemp);
             } else {
                 msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO,