diff --git a/ChangeLog.linux-generic b/ChangeLog.linux-generic
index f74df7c84f..821270f0fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.linux-generic
+++ b/ChangeLog.linux-generic
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-18  Chris Metcalf  <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/bits/typesizes.h
+	(__FSWORD_T_TYPE): New macro.
+
 2012-05-16  Chris Metcalf  <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/not-cancel.h: Add
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/bits/typesizes.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/bits/typesizes.h
index b280c9b1e9..948edeb96b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/bits/typesizes.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/generic/bits/typesizes.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #define	__FSBLKCNT64_T_TYPE	__UQUAD_TYPE
 #define	__FSFILCNT_T_TYPE	__ULONGWORD_TYPE
 #define	__FSFILCNT64_T_TYPE	__UQUAD_TYPE
+#define	__FSWORD_T_TYPE		__SWORD_TYPE
 #define	__ID_T_TYPE		__U32_TYPE
 #define __CLOCK_T_TYPE		__SLONGWORD_TYPE
 #define __TIME_T_TYPE		__SLONGWORD_TYPE