diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 49667a8ae1..3c391e5f3d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Mar  2 16:59:15 1998  Jason Molenda  (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
+
+	* rdi-share/etherdrv.c (sys_errlist): Add correct decl for Linux.
+
 Mon Mar  2 16:51:44 1998  Jason Molenda  (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
 
 	* Makefile.in (YYFILES): Remove in maintainer-clean, not distclean.
diff --git a/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c b/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c
index 976b2f5891..3c7f25487b 100644
--- a/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c
+++ b/gdb/rdi-share/etherdrv.c
@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@
 #ifndef COMPILING_ON_WINDOWS
 /* these two might not work for windows */
   extern int sys_nerr;
+#ifdef __linux__
+  extern const char *const sys_errlist[];
+#else
   extern char *sys_errlist[];
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef UNUSED
 # define UNUSED(x) (x = x)      /* Silence compiler warnings */