diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 2be5d3e62286..99e56e1343c4 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Dec  4 17:25:19 1997  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+
+	* strsignal.c (sys_nsig): Try NSIG and _NSIG.
+
 Tue Oct 28 23:41:15 1997  Judy Goldberg  <jodyg@idt.net>
 
 	* Makefile.in (CFILES): Add pexecute.c.
diff --git a/libiberty/strsignal.c b/libiberty/strsignal.c
index 7d40b4cedff9..45b052826dfd 100644
--- a/libiberty/strsignal.c
+++ b/libiberty/strsignal.c
@@ -243,7 +243,13 @@ static const char **sys_siglist;
 
 #else
 
+#ifdef NSIG
 static int sys_nsig = NSIG;
+#else
+#ifdef _NSIG
+static int sys_nsig = NSIG;
+#endif
+#endif
 extern const char * const sys_siglist[];
 
 #endif