diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
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--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ version 1.5.0 (xx MMM 2013)
  - forced all the icons of the "letters" icon set to be of the same width, for
  alignment purpose.
  - added a letter icon ("W") for the homepage of the "letters" icon set.
+ - forced some white space between the main text and the footer of the "casual"
+ style variant.
 
 version 1.4.0 (28 Mar 2013)
  - deprecated \phone, \mobile and \fax in favour of \phone[<type>], where <type>
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diff --git a/moderncvstylecasual.sty b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
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--- a/moderncvstylecasual.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
       \parbox[b]{\footerwidth}{%
         \centering%
         \color{color2}\addressfont%
+        \vspace{\baselineskip}% forces a white line to ensure space between main text and footer (as footer height can't be known in advance)
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@addressstreet}}{}{\addtofooter[]{\addresssymbol\@addressstreet}%
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscity}{}}{}{\addtofooter[~--~]{\@addresscity}}% if \addresstreet is defined, \addresscity and \addresscountry will always be defined but could be empty
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscountry}{}}{}{\addtofooter[~--~]{\@addresscountry}}%
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@
       \parbox[b]{\footerwidth}{%
         \centering%
         \addressfont\color{color2}%
+        \vspace{\baselineskip}% forces a white line to ensure space between main text and footer (as footer height can't be known in advance)
         \vspace{-\baselineskip}% to cancel out the extra vertical space taken by the name (below) and ensure perfect alignment of letter and cv footers
         \strut{\bfseries\upshape\@firstname~\@lastname}\\% the \strut is required to ensure the line is exactly \baselineskip tall
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@addressstreet}}{}{\addtofooter[]{\addresssymbol\@addressstreet}%