diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 7ae68fdca..083981c6f 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-05-24  Chris Sutcliffe  <ir0nh34d@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* include/stdlib.h (strtod): Declare as extern to resolve compilation issues.
+
+	Thanks to cgf for the report.
+
 2011-05-23  Chris Sutcliffe  <ir0nh34d@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* include/time.h (daylight, timezone, tzname): Rework guards to expose when
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/include/stdlib.h b/winsup/mingw/include/stdlib.h
index 84bd23da2..4df18aab3 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/include/stdlib.h
+++ b/winsup/mingw/include/stdlib.h
@@ -310,11 +310,8 @@ _CRTIMP long __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW _wtol (const wchar_t *);
 #endif
 #if !defined __NO_ISOCEXT  /*  in libmingwex.a */
 double __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW __strtod (const char*, char**);
-__inline__ double __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW
-strtod (const char* __restrict__ __nptr, char** __restrict__ __endptr)
-{
-  return __strtod(__nptr, __endptr);
-}
+extern double __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW
+strtod (const char* __restrict__ __nptr, char** __restrict__ __endptr);
 float __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW strtof (const char * __restrict__, char ** __restrict__);
 long double __cdecl __MINGW_NOTHROW strtold (const char * __restrict__, char ** __restrict__);
 #else