diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 057e7cb40..2f6c1f9fd 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-10-10  Earnie Boyd  <earnie@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* include/sys/types.h (ssize_t): Correct the definition.
+
 2003-10-03  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* include/stdio.h (_filbuf): Add prototype.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/include/sys/types.h b/winsup/mingw/include/sys/types.h
index 6c39fd8e3..6963331b1 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/include/sys/types.h
+++ b/winsup/mingw/include/sys/types.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ typedef _sigset_t	sigset_t;
 typedef long _ssize_t;
 
 #ifndef	_NO_OLDNAMES
-typedef _ssize_t ssize_t;
+typedef ssize_t _ssize_t;
 #endif
 #endif /* Not _SSIZE_T_ */