diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 4192e849b7..0c4caf5726 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-14  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.host (HDEFINES): When hppa*-*-hpux*, define
+	_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE.
+
 2004-02-13  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
 
 	* elf.c	(vma_page_aligned_bias): New function.
diff --git a/bfd/configure.host b/bfd/configure.host
index 69eb17ac95..024ed62542 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.host
+++ b/bfd/configure.host
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ HOST_U_64BIT_TYPE=
 
 case "${host}" in
 
-hppa*-*-hpux*)		HDEFINES=-DHOST_HPPAHPUX ;;
+hppa*-*-hpux*)		# HP/UX's ftello64 et.al. declarations are only
+			# visible when _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE is defined.
+			# Without those declarations, real_ftell et.al.
+			# get mis-compiled.
+			HDEFINES="-DHOST_HPPAHPUX -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE" ;;
 hppa*-*-hiux*)		HDEFINES=-DHOST_HPPAHPUX ;;
 hppa*-*-mpeix*)		HDEFINES=-DHOST_HPPAMPEIX ;;
 hppa*-*-bsd*)		HDEFINES=-DHOST_HPPABSD ;;