diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index a9fb359cd3d3..3fc2fa5e2243 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-07-06  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* floatformat.h (floatformat_ieee_half_big): Add declaration.
+	(floatformat_ieee_half_little): Likewise.
+
 2010-06-21  Rafael Espindola  <espindola@google.com>
 
 	* plugin-api.h (ld_plugin_set_extra_library_path): New.
diff --git a/include/floatformat.h b/include/floatformat.h
index c5f60a3cd93a..0fc8e75dc8b3 100644
--- a/include/floatformat.h
+++ b/include/floatformat.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ struct floatformat
 
 /* floatformats for IEEE single and double, big and little endian.  */
 
+extern const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_half_big;
+extern const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_half_little;
 extern const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_single_big;
 extern const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_single_little;
 extern const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_double_big;
diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index a16e393d0277..1b1610b6929a 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-07-06  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* floatformat.c (floatformat_ieee_half_big): New variable.
+	(floatformat_ieee_half_little): Likewise.
+
 2010-06-14  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
 
 	* libiberty.texi: Remove reference to GCC 3 and 2001 (thrice).
diff --git a/libiberty/floatformat.c b/libiberty/floatformat.c
index cbf13ea34060..4819507cbdd2 100644
--- a/libiberty/floatformat.c
+++ b/libiberty/floatformat.c
@@ -77,7 +77,23 @@ floatformat_always_valid (const struct floatformat *fmt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
    a system header, what we do if not, etc.  */
 #define FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT 8
 
-/* floatformats for IEEE single and double, big and little endian.  */
+/* floatformats for IEEE half, single and double, big and little endian.  */
+const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_half_big =
+{
+  floatformat_big, 16, 0, 1, 5, 15, 31, 6, 10,
+  floatformat_intbit_no,
+  "floatformat_ieee_half_big",
+  floatformat_always_valid,
+  NULL
+};
+const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_half_little =
+{
+  floatformat_little, 16, 0, 1, 5, 15, 31, 6, 10,
+  floatformat_intbit_no,
+  "floatformat_ieee_half_little",
+  floatformat_always_valid,
+  NULL
+};
 const struct floatformat floatformat_ieee_single_big =
 {
   floatformat_big, 32, 0, 1, 8, 127, 255, 9, 23,