diff --git a/libgloss/ChangeLog b/libgloss/ChangeLog
index 46acd561e..eb74e93c2 100644
--- a/libgloss/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgloss/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-08-07 Stefan Wallentowitz <stefan.wallentowitz@tum.de>
+
+	* or1k/sbrk.c: Make heap end globally visible
+
 2015-08-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* rl78/rl78-sim.ld: Provide a value for __rl78_abs__.
diff --git a/libgloss/or1k/sbrk.c b/libgloss/or1k/sbrk.c
index 5bd7044f7..0c3e66e87 100644
--- a/libgloss/or1k/sbrk.c
+++ b/libgloss/or1k/sbrk.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 extern uint32_t	end; /* Set by linker.  */
 uint32_t _or1k_heap_start = &end;
-static uint32_t _or1k_heap_end;
+uint32_t _or1k_heap_end;
 
 void *
 _sbrk_r (struct _reent * reent, ptrdiff_t incr)