diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 31bbb59b5f38..8621dd06a25a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-10-14  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	* config/abi/pre/gnu.ver: Export the _S_construct<> helpers.
+
 2009-10-14  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	* include/bits/basic_string.h (operator+=(initializer_list<>),
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver b/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver
index bad07588b82c..2337a5a3fbf4 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver
@@ -1039,6 +1039,10 @@ GLIBCXX_3.4.14 {
     _ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE7crbeginEv;
     _ZNKSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE5crendEv;
 
+    # string|wstring ::_S_construct<> helpers
+    _ZNSs12_S_constructI*;
+    _ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE12_S_constructI*;
+
 } GLIBCXX_3.4.13;
 
 # Symbols in the support library (libsupc++) have their own tag.