diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 341f6ca12..e3c4e12fc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-18  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* strsig.cc (strsignal): Return non-const buffer to allow building with
+	recent newlib change.
+
 2008-06-17  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* sec_auth.cc (DsGetDcNameA): Drop declaration.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/strsig.cc b/winsup/cygwin/strsig.cc
index 71a8eb56c..b8d3207ed 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/strsig.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/strsig.cc
@@ -73,13 +73,17 @@ static const sigdesc siglist[] =
   {0, NULL, NULL}
 };
 
-extern "C" const char *
+extern "C" char *
 strsignal (int signo)
 {
+  const char *sigstring = "Unknown signal %d";
   for (int i = 0; siglist[i].n; i++)
     if (siglist[i].n == signo)
-      return siglist[i].str;
-  __small_sprintf (_my_tls.locals.signamebuf, "Unknown signal %d", signo);
+      {
+	sigstring = siglist[i].str;
+	break;
+      }
+  __small_sprintf (_my_tls.locals.signamebuf, sigstring, signo);
   return _my_tls.locals.signamebuf;
 }