diff --git a/libio/ChangeLog b/libio/ChangeLog
index 39731537eb6..f1a0603fb17 100644
--- a/libio/ChangeLog
+++ b/libio/ChangeLog
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Wed Nov 26 16:08:50 1997  Richard Henderson  (rth@cygnus.com)
 	* gen-params (va_list): Check for and use __gnuc_va_list.
 	(NULL): Work around some linux kernel headers and redefine NULL.
 
+Mon Nov 24 17:04:18 1997  Michael Meissner  <meissner@cygnus.com>
+
+	* stdiostream.cc (sys_read): Declare ch with int type, rather than
+	without a type.
+
 Tue Nov 18 09:53:58 1997  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
 
 	* stdstrbufs.cc (DEF_STDFILE): Use STD_VTABLE.
diff --git a/libio/stdiostream.cc b/libio/stdiostream.cc
index 80db5e59bfd..bc9bef08ab6 100644
--- a/libio/stdiostream.cc
+++ b/libio/stdiostream.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ streamsize stdiobuf::sys_read(char* buf, streamsize size)
   // after we have gotten rid of the double indirection.  FIXME
   if (size == 1)
     {
-      register ch = getc(_file);
+      register int ch = getc(_file);
       if (ch == EOF)
 	return 0;
       *buf = (char)ch;