diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 13ba84fb1..0ac1c7313 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-08  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Add square brackets for the array aliasing conftest.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2009-04-06  Mike Burgess  <wizardsguild@earthlink.net>
 
 	* libc/string/strncasecmp.c: Optimized rewrite.
diff --git a/newlib/configure b/newlib/configure
index b345c10ca..2d0745931 100755
--- a/newlib/configure
+++ b/newlib/configure
@@ -11908,8 +11908,8 @@ if test "${libc_cv_array_aliasing+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-char x3 = { 'a', 'b', 'c' };
-extern char y2 __attribute__((alias ("x+1")));
+char x[3] = { 'a', 'b', 'c' };
+extern char y[2] __attribute__((alias ("x+1")));
 EOF
 if { ac_try='${CC} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c
 		   1>&5'
diff --git a/newlib/configure.in b/newlib/configure.in
index 48cb2526f..8c5749798 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.in
+++ b/newlib/configure.in
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ fi
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(for array aliasing support,
 	       libc_cv_array_aliasing, [dnl
 cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-char x[3] = { 'a', 'b', 'c' };
-extern char y[2] __attribute__((alias ("x+1")));
+char x[[3]] = { 'a', 'b', 'c' };
+extern char y[[2]] __attribute__((alias ("x+1")));
 EOF
 if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c conftest.c
 		   1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD])