diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 66cb9908a1..5216bfa281 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-11-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+	* bucomm.c (make_tempname): Use mkstemps instead of mkstemp, since
+	not all systems provide mkstemp.
+
 2001-11-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Document x86 -M options.
diff --git a/binutils/bucomm.c b/binutils/bucomm.c
index 8cccd6b3de..68b191b721 100644
--- a/binutils/bucomm.c
+++ b/binutils/bucomm.c
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 typedef long time_t;
 #endif
 #endif
+
+/* Ought to be defined in libiberty.h...  */
+extern int mkstemps PARAMS ((char *, int));
 
 /* Error reporting */
 
@@ -233,14 +236,14 @@ make_tempname (filename)
 #endif
       strcat (tmpname, "/");
       strcat (tmpname, template);
-      close (mkstemp (tmpname));
+      close (mkstemps (tmpname, 0));
       *slash = c;
     }
   else
     {
       tmpname = xmalloc (sizeof (template));
       strcpy (tmpname, template);
-      close (mkstemp (tmpname));
+      close (mkstemps (tmpname, 0));
     }
   return tmpname;
 }