diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 72aa5ee15..073ddf40c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-08  Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* libc/include/string.h: Make strsignal() available unconditionally.
+
 2011-01-07  Ralf Corsepius  <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* libc/sys/rtems/crt0.c: Adjust free() and calloc() to match their
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/string.h b/newlib/libc/include/string.h
index 9962768cf..547cddd84 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/string.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/string.h
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ size_t	 _EXFUN(strnlen,(const char *, size_t));
 char 	*_EXFUN(strsep,(char **, const char *));
 char	*_EXFUN(strlwr,(char *));
 char	*_EXFUN(strupr,(char *));
-#ifdef __CYGWIN__
 #ifndef DEFS_H	/* Kludge to work around problem compiling in gdb */
 char  *_EXFUN(strsignal, (int __signo));
 #endif
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
 int     _EXFUN(strtosigno, (const char *__name));
 #endif