diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index e98b11e9f..614c77a9e 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-05  Earnie Boyd  <earnie@users.sf.net>
+
+	* include/strings.h: New File.
+
 2001-11-08  Robert Collins  <rbtcollins@hotmail.com>
 
 	* include/errno.h: Fix "errno is not a prototype" warning.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/include/strings.h b/winsup/mingw/include/strings.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a777c2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winsup/mingw/include/strings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+    File: strings.h
+    Copyright: Public Domain
+
+    This file is provided because non ANSI fuctions are described in string.h 
+    that belong in strings.h.  These functions are provided for in the OLDNAME
+    libraries.
+*/
+#if !defined(_STRINGS_H_)
+# define _STRINGS_H_ 1
+# include <string.h>
+#endif