diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 0ef806876..fa64dc06c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-05-21 Dhananjay Deshpande <dhananjayd@kpit.com>
+
+	* configure.host: Specify sys_dir=h8300hms for h8300-*-coff* target.
+
 2002-05-17  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Copy and install headers from sys/machine/include
diff --git a/newlib/configure.host b/newlib/configure.host
index ebf3a2bbb..69f793328 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.host
+++ b/newlib/configure.host
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ case "${host}" in
   h8300-*-elf*)
 	sys_dir=h8300hms
 	;;
+  h8300-*-coff*)
+	sys_dir=h8300hms
+	;;
   h8300-*-xray*)
 	sys_dir=h8300xray
 	;;