diff --git a/libgloss/ChangeLog b/libgloss/ChangeLog
index 0dd35fa0d..e747db1a8 100644
--- a/libgloss/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgloss/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-13  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+        * libnosys/_exit.c (_exit): Finish with an infinite loop to
+        eliminate a warning about this noreturn function returning.
+
 2006-12-13  Sa Liu  <saliu@de.ibm.com>
 
         * spu/access.c: New file
diff --git a/libgloss/libnosys/_exit.c b/libgloss/libnosys/_exit.c
index d4dd23239..3fdf7f081 100644
--- a/libgloss/libnosys/_exit.c
+++ b/libgloss/libnosys/_exit.c
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ _DEFUN (_exit, (rc),
   /* Default stub just causes a divide by 0 exception.  */
   int x = rc / INT_MAX;
   x = 4 / x;
+
+  /* Convince GCC that this function never returns.  */
+  for (;;)
+    ;
 }