diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index b89eb214a..e951bf038 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-10-16  Aurelien Jacobs  <aurel@gnuage.org>
+
+	* libc/include/assert.h (static_assert): Define.
+
 2012-10-15  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/include/sys/features.h (__GNUC_PREREQ): Define.  Use
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/assert.h b/newlib/libc/include/assert.h
index e542b214f..91bb040ca 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/assert.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/assert.h
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ void _EXFUN(__assert, (const char *, int, const char *)
 void _EXFUN(__assert_func, (const char *, int, const char *, const char *)
 	    _ATTRIBUTE ((__noreturn__)));
 
+#if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L && !defined __cplusplus
+# define static_assert _Static_assert
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif