diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index bacc2624e..4e30b0dd6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-11  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* include/getopt.h: Add HAVE_DECL_GETOPT to save pain elsewhere.
+
 2001-12-10  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* fhandler.h (fhandler_serial::ev): New class member.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/getopt.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/getopt.h
index b05b32fdd..beca375c8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/getopt.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/getopt.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ extern char *optarg;      /* argument associated with option */
 int getopt (int, char * const *, const char *);
 
 int getopt_long (int, char *const *, const char *, const struct option *, int *);
+#define HAVE_DECL_GETOPT 1
 
 #define no_argument             0
 #define required_argument       1