diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 5d36cec88..3304be69e 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-14  Kaushik Phatak  <Kaushik.Phatak@kpit.com>
+
+	* libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h: Define _DOUBLE_IS_32BITS when double
+	options is not __RL78_64BIT_DOUBLES__.
+
 2014-05-12  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/include/stdint.h (WCHAR_MIN): Copy definition from wchar.h.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h b/newlib/libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h
index 042e7f409..b22a155d6 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h
@@ -379,8 +379,10 @@
 #ifdef __RL78__
 #define __IEEE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define __SMALL_BITFIELDS	/* 16 Bit INT */
+#ifndef __RL78_64BIT_DOUBLES__
 #define _DOUBLE_IS_32BITS
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __RX__