diff --git a/libffi/ChangeLog b/libffi/ChangeLog
index 02102dda6c5..a7ff2327160 100644
--- a/libffi/ChangeLog
+++ b/libffi/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-12-27  Matthias Klose  <doko@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* configure.ac (HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE): Define for mips when
+	appropriate.
+	* configure: Rebuilt.
+
 2009-12-26  Anthony Green  <green@redhat.com>
 
 	* testsuite/libffi.call/cls_longdouble_va.c: Mark as xfail for
diff --git a/libffi/configure b/libffi/configure
index 5ab81bd4183..43fc0ec6e42 100755
--- a/libffi/configure
+++ b/libffi/configure
@@ -11388,6 +11388,8 @@ case "$host" in
 	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
   mips*-*-linux*)
+	# Support 128-bit long double for NewABI.
+	HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE='defined(__mips64)'
 	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
 
diff --git a/libffi/configure.ac b/libffi/configure.ac
index b663076c113..c0e0da16507 100644
--- a/libffi/configure.ac
+++ b/libffi/configure.ac
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ case "$host" in
 	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
   mips*-*-linux*)
+	# Support 128-bit long double for NewABI.
+	HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE='defined(__mips64)'
 	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;