diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index a84191fc0fcd..6f45870f3127 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Sat Jan 30 23:14:13 1999  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 	* toplev.c (fnotice): Constify char* parameter.
 
 	* toplev.h (fnotice): Add prototype.
-
+	Wrap prototype with BUFSIZ to protect FILE* usage.
+	
 Sun Jan 31 15:33:09 1999  Michael Hayes  <m.hayes@elec.canterbury.ac.nz>
 
 	* config/c4x/c4x.h (RTX_COSTS): Explicitly define c4x costs.
diff --git a/gcc/toplev.h b/gcc/toplev.h
index a9b6c5323648..1622a64662bc 100644
--- a/gcc/toplev.h
+++ b/gcc/toplev.h
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ extern void do_abort			PROTO ((void)) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 extern void botch			PROTO ((const char *))
   ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
+#ifdef BUFSIZ
 extern void fnotice			PROTO ((FILE *, const char *, ...))
   ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __GCC_TOPLEV_H */