diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 00f46153a..4268822f3 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-21  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* include/_mingw.h: Define __attribute__((x)) to nothing
+	if not __GNUC__.
+
 2003-10-21  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* include/complex.h: New file.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/include/_mingw.h b/winsup/mingw/include/_mingw.h
index 3aa445363..c5cbb4cc0 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/include/_mingw.h
+++ b/winsup/mingw/include/_mingw.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #  define _CRTIMP  __declspec(dllimport)
 # endif
 # define __DECLSPEC_SUPPORTED
+# define __attribute__(x) /* nothing */
 #else /* __GNUC__ */
 # ifdef __declspec
 #  ifndef __MINGW_IMPORT