diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 79ab55511e6..212e9aa2aac 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2000-04-20  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+	Fix for PR libgcj/212:
+	* gcj/javaprims.h (_Jv_word, _Jv_word2): Removed definitions.
+	* include/jvm.h (_Jv_word, _Jv_word2): Define.
+	* java/lang/Class.h (_Jv_word): Declare.
+
 	* jni.cc (_Jv_JNI_PopSystemFrame): Clear `env->ex'.
 
 2000-04-19  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
diff --git a/libjava/gcj/javaprims.h b/libjava/gcj/javaprims.h
index 4216b4c0a98..3e7d2e2f0b7 100644
--- a/libjava/gcj/javaprims.h
+++ b/libjava/gcj/javaprims.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // javaprims.h - Main external header file for libgcj.  -*- c++ -*-
 
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999  Free Software Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000  Free Software Foundation
 
    This file is part of libgcj.
 
@@ -278,36 +278,6 @@ extern "C" void _Jv_Free (void*);
 typedef unsigned short _Jv_ushort __attribute__((__mode__(__HI__)));
 typedef unsigned int _Jv_uint __attribute__((__mode__(__SI__)));
 
-typedef union {
-  jobject o;
-  jint i;			// Also stores smaller integral types.
-  jfloat f;
-  jint ia[1];			// Half of _Jv_word2.
-  void* p;
-
-  // We use __LP64__ and not SIZEOF_VOID_P here because we want
-  // something that will be predefined by the compiler.  FIXME -- this
-  // definition probably shouldn't appear here anyway.
-#ifdef __LP64__
-  // We can safely put a long or a double in here without increasing
-  // the size of _Jv_Word; we take advantage of this in the interpreter.
-  jlong l;
-  jdouble d;
-#endif
-
-  jclass                     clazz;
-  jstring                    string;
-  struct _Jv_Field          *field;
-  struct _Jv_Utf8Const      *utf8;
-  struct _Jv_ResolvedMethod *rmethod;
-} _Jv_word;
-
-typedef union {
-  jint ia[2];
-  jlong l;
-  jdouble d;
-} _Jv_word2;                              
-
 struct _Jv_Utf8Const
 {
   _Jv_ushort hash;
diff --git a/libjava/include/jvm.h b/libjava/include/jvm.h
index 625a11e2148..c9cae936932 100644
--- a/libjava/include/jvm.h
+++ b/libjava/include/jvm.h
@@ -31,6 +31,35 @@ struct _Jv_VTable
   void *method[1];
 };
 
+union _Jv_word
+{
+  jobject o;
+  jint i;			// Also stores smaller integral types.
+  jfloat f;
+  jint ia[1];			// Half of _Jv_word2.
+  void* p;
+
+#if SIZEOF_VOID_P == 8
+  // We can safely put a long or a double in here without increasing
+  // the size of _Jv_Word; we take advantage of this in the interpreter.
+  jlong l;
+  jdouble d;
+#endif
+
+  jclass                     clazz;
+  jstring                    string;
+  struct _Jv_Field          *field;
+  struct _Jv_Utf8Const      *utf8;
+  struct _Jv_ResolvedMethod *rmethod;
+};
+
+union _Jv_word2
+{
+  jint ia[2];
+  jlong l;
+  jdouble d;
+};                              
+
 /* Extract a character from a Java-style Utf8 string.
  * PTR points to the current character.
  * LIMIT points to the end of the Utf8 string.
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/Class.h b/libjava/java/lang/Class.h
index bad71b524b7..c25398cbb23 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/Class.h
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Class.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ enum
 
 struct _Jv_Field;
 struct _Jv_VTable;
+union _Jv_word;
 
 struct _Jv_Constants
 {