diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 1429e8e70..f253b1cab 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-19  Ralf Corsepius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* libc/include/sys/config.h: Don't put 
+	__ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__ into .sdata section for mips-rtems.
+		  
 2008-11-19  Ralf Corsepius  <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* libc/posix/runetype.h: Add include of stddef.h and remove
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
index 0ac2b4ec8..540805be2 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@
 #if defined(__rtems__)
 #define __FILENAME_MAX__ 255
 #define _READ_WRITE_RETURN_TYPE _ssize_t
+#if defined(__mips__)
+#undef __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__
+#define __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __IMPORT