diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 8b7fda9ff..ddbfef76b 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-11-08  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* libc/include/string.h: Add cygwin-specific function declaration.
+
 2005-11-03  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/unix/getcwd.c: Don't use non-reentrant syscall names.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/string.h b/newlib/libc/include/string.h
index 30756b7ca..55a86b374 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/string.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/string.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ int	 _EXFUN(ffs,(int));
 char 	*_EXFUN(index,(const char *, int));
 _PTR	 _EXFUN(memccpy,(_PTR, const _PTR, int, size_t));
 _PTR	 _EXFUN(mempcpy,(_PTR, const _PTR, size_t));
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+extern void *memmem (__const void *, size_t,  __const void *, size_t);
+#endif
 char 	*_EXFUN(rindex,(const char *, int));
 int	 _EXFUN(strcasecmp,(const char *, const char *));
 char 	*_EXFUN(strdup,(const char *));