diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 8c04202b2b9..5f53829d34a 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-04-02  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* splay-tree.h (splay_tree_compare_pointers): Declare.
+
 1999-03-30  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* splay-tree.h (splay_tree_compare_ints): Declare.
diff --git a/include/splay-tree.h b/include/splay-tree.h
index 509054b3893..e828fe7e907 100644
--- a/include/splay-tree.h
+++ b/include/splay-tree.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ extern int splay_tree_foreach           PARAMS((splay_tree,
 					        void*));
 extern int splay_tree_compare_ints      PARAMS((splay_tree_key,
 						splay_tree_key));
+extern int splay_tree_compare_pointers  PARAMS((splay_tree_key,
+						splay_tree_key));
 					       
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 8ce7bf495e4..74b082a9358 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-04-02  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* splay-tree.h (splay_tree_compare_pointers): Define.
+
 1999-03-30  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* splay-tree.c (splay_tree_compare_ints): Define.
diff --git a/libiberty/splay-tree.c b/libiberty/splay-tree.c
index 24d035d2d60..b6bb5a6a8f0 100644
--- a/libiberty/splay-tree.c
+++ b/libiberty/splay-tree.c
@@ -351,3 +351,18 @@ splay_tree_compare_ints (k1, k2)
   else 
     return 0;
 }
+
+/* Splay-tree comparison function, treating the keys as pointers.  */
+
+int
+splay_tree_compare_pointers (k1, k2)
+     splay_tree_key k1;
+     splay_tree_key k2;
+{
+  if ((char*) k1 < (char*) k2)
+    return -1;
+  else if ((char*) k1 > (char*) k2)
+    return 1;
+  else 
+    return 0;
+}