diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index d782a6af3..8acd7ab79 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-07-13  Ralf Corsépius  <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h (_ssize_t): Add __ARM_EABI__,
+	__v850__, __851__.
+
 2012-07-09  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/stdio/fileno.c (fileno): Check if f is a valid stream.  If not,
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h b/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h
index 308bfda71..e28a8bb1e 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/rtems/machine/_types.h
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
  * could be applied here.
  */
 
-#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__m32r__) || defined(__h8300__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__bfin__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(__MICROBLAZE__)
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__m32r__) || defined(__h8300__) || (defined(__arm__) && !defined(__ARM_EABI__)) || defined(__bfin__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(__MICROBLAZE__) \
+  || defined(__v850__) || defined(__v851__)
 #if defined(__H8300__)
 typedef signed int _ssize_t;
 #else
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ typedef long signed int _ssize_t;
 #elif defined(__sparc__) && defined(__LP64__)
 typedef long signed int _ssize_t;
 #define __ssize_t_defined 1
-#elif defined(__AVR__) || defined(__lm32__) || defined(__m32c__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__moxie__) || defined(__PPC__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sh__)
+#elif defined(__AVR__) || defined(__lm32__) || defined(__m32c__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__moxie__) || defined(__PPC__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sh__) || defined(__ARM_EABI__)
 typedef signed int _ssize_t;
 #define __ssize_t_defined 1
 #else