diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 21a1f3cc2..1c168a62e 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-12  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* libc/include/linux/sys/signal.h (sig_t): Move from here...
+	* libc/include/signal.h (sig_t): ...to here.
+
 2011-01-10  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/machine/mips/strlen.c (strlen): Add delay slot for R3000.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/signal.h b/newlib/libc/include/signal.h
index a00304742..f90d59270 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/signal.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/signal.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ _BEGIN_STD_C
 
 typedef int	sig_atomic_t;		/* Atomic entity type (ANSI) */
 #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
+typedef _sig_func_ptr sig_t;		/* BSD naming */
 typedef _sig_func_ptr sighandler_t;	/* glibc naming */
 #endif /* !_POSIX_SOURCE */
 
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/sys/signal.h b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/sys/signal.h
index cef7058cd..a5319d9e5 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/sys/signal.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/sys/signal.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ int 	_EXFUN(sigpause, (int));
 
 #ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
 extern const char *const sys_siglist[];
-typedef __sighandler_t sig_t; /* BSDism */
 #endif
 
 #endif