diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 3e4ad47a2..115d68eed 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Mon Jun 24 21:17:02 2002  J"orn Rennecke <joern.rennecke@superh.com>
 	* libc/machine/sh/Makefile.am (lib_a_SOURCES): Add rule for it.
 	* libc/machine/sh/Makefile.am: Regenerate.
 
+2002-06-24  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+        * libc/sys/linux/gethostname.c: Change name to __gethostname and
+        add gethostname alias.
+
 2002-06-24  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/include/math.h: Remove <sys/types.h>.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/gethostname.c b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/gethostname.c
index d5ebe58a2..ef526916f 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/gethostname.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/gethostname.c
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <machine/weakalias.h>
 
 int
-gethostname (char *name, size_t len)
+__gethostname (char *name, size_t len)
 {
 	struct utsname nodebuf;
 	size_t nodelen;
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ gethostname (char *name, size_t len)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-
+weak_alias(__gethostname, gethostname)