diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 54e7051021f..9f34dcd13cd 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-08-02  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
+
+	* xregex.h (_REGEX_RE_COMP): Define.
+	(re_comp): Define to xre_comp.
+	(re_exec): Define to xre_exec.
+
 2001-07-18  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
 	* xregex2.h: Place under LGPL version 2.1.
diff --git a/include/xregex.h b/include/xregex.h
index 694fd166f10..645195bbceb 100644
--- a/include/xregex.h
+++ b/include/xregex.h
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 #  define re_syntax_options xre_syntax_options
 #  define re_max_failures xre_max_failures
 
+#  define _REGEX_RE_COMP
+#  define re_comp xre_comp
+#  define re_exec xre_exec
+
 #include "xregex2.h"
 
 #endif /* xregex.h */