diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 02a5e6c90d9..17883ef9f84 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-11-20  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
+
+	* lex.c (yylex): Recognize floating point constants with leading
+	0.
+
 2000-11-19  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* java-tree.h (cyclic_inheritance_report): Constify.
diff --git a/gcc/java/lex.c b/gcc/java/lex.c
index 1b8898c604c..eb4f1655be3 100644
--- a/gcc/java/lex.c
+++ b/gcc/java/lex.c
@@ -1024,8 +1024,12 @@ java_lex (java_lval)
 	  int seen_exponent = 0;
 	  int fflag = 0;	/* 1 for {f,F}, 0 for {d,D}. FP literal are
 				   double unless specified. */
-	  if (radix != 10)
+
+	  /* It is ok if the radix is 8 because this just means we've
+	     seen a leading `0'.  However, radix==16 is invalid.  */
+	  if (radix == 16)
 	    java_lex_error ("Can't express non-decimal FP literal", 0);
+	  radix = 10;
 
 	  for (;;)
 	    {