diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 134f0f4506..9d08c67888 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-06-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* common/common-utils.c (xmalloc_failed): New function.  Provided
+	so that the version in libiberty is not linked in.
+
 2016-06-01  Markus Metzger  <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
 
 	* infcmd.c (skip_finish_frames): New.
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.c b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
index 33668f3866..5a346ec37d 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ xfree (void *ptr)
     free (ptr);		/* ARI: free */
 }
 
+void
+xmalloc_failed (size_t size)
+{
+  malloc_failure (size);
+}
+
 /* Like asprintf/vasprintf but get an internal_error if the call
    fails. */