diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index bc69ddef33d..ebba1ec4701 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-04-03  Peter Schmid  <schmid@snake.iap.physik.tu-darmstadt.de>
+
+        * include/backward/fstream.h:  Expose streampos to global
+          namespace.
+	
 2001-04-03  Peter Schmid  <schmid@snake.iap.physik.tu-darmstadt.de>
 
 	* include/bits/stl_iterator_base_types.h: Fix typo
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/backward/fstream.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/backward/fstream.h
index be6eb43e12f..b4ecd3d8cad 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/backward/fstream.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/backward/fstream.h
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ using std::filebuf;
 using std::ifstream;
 using std::ofstream;
 using std::fstream;
+using std::streampos
 
 #ifdef _GLIBCPP_USE_WCHAR_T
 using std::wfilebuf;
 using std::wifstream;
 using std::wofstream;
 using std::wfstream;
+using std::wstreampos
 #endif
 
 #endif