diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index bf6dfecdf..78732cf80 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-08-10  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* libc/include/sys/dir.h: New BSD-compatibility header.
+
 2010-08-02  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* libc/include/sys/features.h: Define _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK for Cygwin.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/dir.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/dir.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..220150dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/dir.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* BSD predecessor of POSIX.1 <dirent.h> and struct dirent */
+
+#ifndef _SYS_DIR_H_
+#define _SYS_DIR_H_
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+
+#define direct dirent
+
+#endif /*_SYS_DIR_H_*/