diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index fe42b0725..aaf4b530a 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-07-29  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/stdlib/a64l.c: Fix to use 'a' instead of 'A' in calculation
+	when a lower-case character is detected.
+
 2009-07-29  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* libc/stdlib/mbtowc_r.c (__utf8_mbtowc): Rework UTF-16 surrogate
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/a64l.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/a64l.c
index 42fc2d2fa..ee3d40d49 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/a64l.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/a64l.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ _DEFUN (a64l, (input),
 	case 'x':
 	case 'y':
 	case 'z':
-	  digit = (ch - 'A') + 38;
+	  digit = (ch - 'a') + 38;
 	  break;
 	default:
 	  digit = 0;