diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 5c824399a..71fba5d6c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-17  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+	* configure.host (newlib_cflags) <cris-*-*, crisv32-*-*>: Add
+	-DCOMPACT_CTYPE.
+
 2005-03-06  Ralf Corsepious  <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* libc/sys/rtems/include/inttypes.h: New file.
diff --git a/newlib/configure.host b/newlib/configure.host
index 6339e84d6..2265e7b66 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.host
+++ b/newlib/configure.host
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ case "${host}" in
 	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DNO_EXEC -DSMALL_MEMORY -DMISSING_SYSCALL_NAMES"
 	;;
   cris-*-* | crisv32-*-*)
-	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DHAVE_RENAME -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY -D_USE_WRITE"
+	newlib_cflags="${newlib_cflags} -DHAVE_RENAME -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY -D_USE_WRITE -DCOMPACT_CTYPE"
 	syscall_dir=syscalls
 	;;
   crx-*-*)