diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 35bafccf7..49a5eee0b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - `autolabor` & `autohauler`: properly handle jobs 241, 242, and 243
 - `autofarm`: add missing output flushes
 - `hotkeys`: correctly detect hotkeys bound to number keys, F11, or F12
+- `labormanager`: fix quern construction labor
 - Core: fix the segmentation fault with the REPORT event in EventManager
 - Core: fix the new JOB_STARTED event only sending each event once, to the first handler listed
 - Core: ensure ``foo.init`` always runs before ``foo.*.init`` (e.g.  ``dfhack.init`` should always run before ``dfhack.something.init``)
diff --git a/plugins/autolabor/joblabormapper.cpp b/plugins/autolabor/joblabormapper.cpp
index d9b8a6306..2917b8d3a 100644
--- a/plugins/autolabor/joblabormapper.cpp
+++ b/plugins/autolabor/joblabormapper.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static df::unit_labor workshop_build_labor[] =
     /* Fishery */            df::unit_labor::CLEAN_FISH,
     /* Still */                df::unit_labor::BREWER,
     /* Loom */                df::unit_labor::WEAVER,
-    /* Quern */                df::unit_labor::MILLER,
+    /* Quern */                df::unit_labor::HAUL_FURNITURE,
     /* Kennels */            df::unit_labor::ANIMALTRAIN,
     /* Kitchen */            df::unit_labor::COOK,
     /* Ashery */            df::unit_labor::LYE_MAKING,