diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9fef9e2dad..7876bdd39f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Wed Jun 22 17:59:59 1994  Ken Raeburn  (raeburn@cujo.cygnus.com)
 	* config.bfd (powerpc-*-elf*): New target, just like
 	powerpc-*-sysv4*.
 
+	* linker.c (FAIL): Undefine macro before defining as enum.
+
 Wed Jun 22 10:52:47 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@sanguine.cygnus.com)
 
 	* hash.c (bfd_hash_allocate): Don't call bfd_set_error if
diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index f460778d1a..3c7f823d61 100644
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,9 @@ enum link_row
   SET_ROW		/* Member of set.  */
 };
 
+/* apparently needed for Hitachi 3050R(HI-UX/WE2)? */
+#undef FAIL
+
 /* The actions to take in the state table.  */
 
 enum link_action