diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 63358faedf5..a1d695fb3d3 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-09  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+	* v850-tdep.c (v850_gdbarch_init): Change the v850's `char'
+	type to be signed.
+	
 2010-09-09  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* dwarf2read.c (fixup_partial_die): Do not set dummy name for
diff --git a/gdb/v850-tdep.c b/gdb/v850-tdep.c
index 4c0b61b490c..f2402e8e31c 100644
--- a/gdb/v850-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/v850-tdep.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ v850_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info info, struct gdbarch_list *arches)
 
   set_gdbarch_register_type (gdbarch, v850_register_type);
 
-  set_gdbarch_char_signed (gdbarch, 0);
+  set_gdbarch_char_signed (gdbarch, 1);
   set_gdbarch_short_bit (gdbarch, 2 * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
   set_gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch, 4 * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
   set_gdbarch_long_bit (gdbarch, 4 * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);