diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index b45d430..a05dec2 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ ChangeLog
 OfflineIMAP v6.5.6 (YYYY-MM-DD)
 ===============================
 
+* Fix IDLE mode regression (it didn't worked) introduced
+  after v6.5.5 (pointy hat goes to Eygene Ryabinkin, kudos --
+  to Tomasz Żok)
+
+
+OfflineIMAP v6.5.6-RC1 (2014-05-14)
+===================================
+
 * Add knob to invoke folderfilter dynamically on each sync (GitHub#73)
 * Add knob to apply compression to IMAP connections (Abdó Roig-Maranges)
 * Add knob to filter some headers before uploading message
diff --git a/offlineimap/imapserver.py b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
index 676dc31..844012e 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imapserver.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class IdleThread(object):
                 else:
                     success = True
             if "IDLE" in imapobj.capabilities:
-                imapobj.__idle(callback=callback)
+                imapobj.idle(callback=callback)
             else:
                 self.ui.warn("IMAP IDLE not supported on server '%s'."
                     "Sleep until next refresh cycle." % imapobj.identifier)