diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 6d18714ee..ff914e169 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-05-07  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	* hashtab.h (burtle_hash): Prototype.
+	(burtle_hash_object): New macro.
+
 2003-04-28  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* bfdlink.h (bfd_link_info): Add relax_finalizing.
diff --git a/include/hashtab.h b/include/hashtab.h
index 7acb5eb28..b86bb29b8 100644
--- a/include/hashtab.h
+++ b/include/hashtab.h
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ extern htab_eq htab_eq_pointer;
 /* A hash function for null-terminated strings.  */
 extern hashval_t htab_hash_string PARAMS ((const PTR));
 
+/* An iterative hash function for arbitrary data.  */
+extern hashval_t burtle_hash PARAMS ((const PTR, size_t, hashval_t));
+/* Shorthand for hashing something with an intrinsic size.  */
+#define burtle_hash_object(OB,INIT) burtle_hash (&OB, sizeof (OB), INIT)
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif /* __cplusplus */