diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 9ffb299d30c0..cfd41da56d2b 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-10-14  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/22_locale/codecvt_byname/50714.cc: Fix mychar.
+
 2011-10-14  Jonathan Yong  <jon_y@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* configure.host: Use config/os/mingw32-w64 instead of
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/codecvt_byname/50714.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/codecvt_byname/50714.cc
index 6c84be2bd595..9bdc310aaaf3 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/codecvt_byname/50714.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/codecvt_byname/50714.cc
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 // <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include <locale>
+#include <ext/pod_char_traits.h>
 
-#define mychar unsigned short
+#define mychar __gnu_cxx::character<unsigned short, int>
 
 namespace std
 {