diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index cb53fb6182..59f48d4597 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-22  Momchil Velikov  <velco@fadata.bg>
+
+	* configure.in (variable detection): Use arrays of unspecified
+	size instead of plain integers.
+
 2002-01-18  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (TESTLIB): New.  This library is for future
diff --git a/libiberty/configure b/libiberty/configure
index be1fa94a5f..a406d28db6 100755
--- a/libiberty/configure
+++ b/libiberty/configure
@@ -2803,7 +2803,7 @@ else
 #include "confdefs.h"
 int *p;
 int main() {
-extern int $v; p = &$v;
+extern int $v []; p = &$v;
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
 if { (eval echo configure:2810: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
diff --git a/libiberty/configure.in b/libiberty/configure.in
index 0160edfc59..eed222d35d 100644
--- a/libiberty/configure.in
+++ b/libiberty/configure.in
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ if test -z "${setobjs}"; then
   for v in $vars; do
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $v])
     AC_CACHE_VAL(libiberty_cv_var_$v,
-      [AC_TRY_LINK([int *p;], [extern int $v; p = &$v;],
+      [AC_TRY_LINK([int *p;], [extern int $v []; p = &$v;],
 		   [eval "libiberty_cv_var_$v=yes"],
 		   [eval "libiberty_cv_var_$v=no"])])
     if eval "test \"`echo '$libiberty_cv_var_'$v`\" = yes"; then