diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 6801f7945..b5d8c89a0 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-18  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/include/sys/config.h[__m68k__]: Set _READ_WRITE_RETURN_TYPE
+	to _ssize_t to match underlying code in libgloss.
+
 2014-08-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* libc/include/string.h: Improve language and OS standard guards.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
index 0de3ffb88..0d27d6c11 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
 #define _POINTER_INT short
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__m68k__) || defined(__mc68000__)
+#define _READ_WRITE_RETURN_TYPE _ssize_t
+#endif
+
 #ifdef ___AM29K__
 #define _FLOAT_RET double
 #endif