diff --git a/ChangeLog.mips b/ChangeLog.mips
index 4acb25365b..19f4b4108e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.mips
+++ b/ChangeLog.mips
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-03-27  Lior Balkohen  <balkohen@gmail.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/fcntl.h: Define
+	LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE and LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT.  Add readahead
+	prototype.
+
 2006-03-27  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/poll.h (POLLREMOVE, POLLRDHUP):
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/fcntl.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/fcntl.h
index aa039b4c0e..87affe3f3d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/fcntl.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/fcntl.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* O_*, F_*, FD_* bit values for Linux.
-   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
+   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
 	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -192,3 +192,17 @@ struct flock64
 # define POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED	4 /* Don't need these pages.  */
 # define POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE	5 /* Data will be accessed once.  */
 #endif
+
+/* Linux-specific operations for posix_fadvise.  */
+#ifdef __USE_GNU
+# define LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE	32 /* Start writeout on range.  */
+# define LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT	33 /* Wait upon writeout to range.  */
+#endif
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Provide kernel hint to read ahead.  */
+extern ssize_t readahead (int __fd, __off64_t __offset, size_t __count)
+    __THROW;
+
+__END_DECLS