diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 69112ddfe00..62835f5afde 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-09-18  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* testsuite/18_support/numeric_limits.cc: Add -mieee for alpha.
+
 2002-09-16  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
         * include/c_shadow: Remove.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/numeric_limits.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/numeric_limits.cc
index 75c70277ff6..2213b7f2f67 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/numeric_limits.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/numeric_limits.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// { dg-options "-mieee" { target alpha*-*-* } }
+
 // 1999-08-23 bkoz
 
 // Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation