diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 83b391580bd3..024a7baa740b 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-08-21  Gabriel Dos Reis  <gdr@merlin.codesourcery.com>
+
+	* bits/std_cmath.h (std::abs): Overload for int and long.
+
 2000-08-20  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@gnu.org>
 
 	* src/string-inst.cc: Tweak instantiations for new-gxx-abi.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/bits/std_cmath.h b/libstdc++-v3/bits/std_cmath.h
index c25afa6c5527..dd21e4fa19fb 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/bits/std_cmath.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/bits/std_cmath.h
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
 
 namespace std {
 
+  //
+  // int
+  //
+
+  inline int abs(int i)
+  { return i < 0 ? i : -i; }
+
+  inline long abs(long i)
+  { return i < 0 ? i : -i; }
+  
     //
     // float
     //