diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index ad1ca6f3e..fcc63f810 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-28  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+        * libc/include/newlib.h: New file for tools that use newlib
+        headers but don't build newlib first (e.g. gcc).
+
 2002-08-28  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/stdlib/wmemchr.c: Explicitly include <_ansi.h>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/newlib.h b/newlib/libc/include/newlib.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4fffb169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/newlib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* dummy file for external tools to use.  Real file is created by
+   newlib configuration. */