diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index a55008033..f2435236f 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-04-01 Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
+
+	* configure.host: Build SPU with -DREENTRANT_SYSCALLS_PROVIDED and
+	  -DMISSING_SYSCALL_NAMES.
+
 2008-04-01 Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>
 
 	* libc/machine/spu/Makefile.am: Add assert.c.
diff --git a/newlib/configure.host b/newlib/configure.host
index bbdfff31f..3f276fd25 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.host
+++ b/newlib/configure.host
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ case "${host_cpu}" in
 	stdio_dir=
 	libm_machine_dir=spu
 	machine_dir=spu
-	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -D_POSIX_MODE -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections "
+	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -D_POSIX_MODE"
+	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DREENTRANT_SYSCALLS_PROVIDED"
+	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DMISSING_SYSCALL_NAMES"
+	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections "
 	;;
   *)
 	echo '***' "Newlib does not support CPU ${host_cpu}" 1>&2