diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 06b8c3fe54..ffbe17520c 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Tue Jul 14 00:12:30 1992  Stu Grossman  (grossman at cygnus.com)
 
+	* xcoffread.c:  Add decl for section_offset to keep prototype happy.
+
 	* Makefile.in (VERSION):  4.5.9.
 
 	* xm-hp300bsd.h:  Add decl for strdup().
diff --git a/gdb/xcoffread.c b/gdb/xcoffread.c
index fc592eafbd..b3c654712c 100644
--- a/gdb/xcoffread.c
+++ b/gdb/xcoffread.c
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ aixcoff_symfile_init PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
 static void
 aixcoff_new_init PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
 
+struct section_offset;
+
 static void
 aixcoff_symfile_read PARAMS ((struct objfile *, struct section_offset *, int));