diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3b328f069..e320ec6d54 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Mar 25 23:57:57 1999  Roland McGrath  <roland@yaumatei.ai.mit.edu>
+
+	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/Makefile [$(subdir) = csu]
+	(CFLAGS-initfini.s): New variable, add -DWEAK_GMON_START.
+	This does for Hurd/i386 what the 1998-09-08 change did for Linux/i386.
+
 1999-03-24  Roland McGrath  <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
 
 	* Makeconfig (sysd-sorted): Use $(..) on rhs of patsubst, so this rule
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/Makefile b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/Makefile
index 33b701df04..56ee0574eb 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/Makefile
@@ -5,4 +5,11 @@ omit-deps += crt0
 
 $(objpfx)crt0.o: $(objpfx)static-start.o $(objpfx)abi-note.o $(objpfx)init.o
 	$(link-relocatable)
+
+# compat for libc.so.0.2 only
+# This is needed to be backward-compatible with glibc-2.0.x startup code
+# that was miscompiled so that it jumps to 0 if there is a nonzero
+# __gmon_start__ symbol, but works if there is none.
+CFLAGS-initfini.s += -DWEAK_GMON_START
+
 endif