diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ba76be3de3..a1b799066a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-06-05  Thiemo Seufer  <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
+
+	* configure.host (mips64*-*-linux*): Define.
+
 2001-06-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_discard_copies): Rename to
diff --git a/bfd/configure.host b/bfd/configure.host
index f2104eb033..878bf43c1b 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.host
+++ b/bfd/configure.host
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ mips*-sgi-irix6*)	host64=true
 			HOST_64BIT_TYPE="long long";
 			HOST_U_64BIT_TYPE="unsigned long long";
 			;;
+mips64*-*-linux*)		host64=true
+			HOST_64BIT_TYPE="long long";
+			HOST_U_64BIT_TYPE="unsigned long long";
+			;;
 mips*-*-sysv4*)		;;
 mips*-*-sysv*)		HDEFINES="-G 4" ;;
 mips*-*-riscos*)	HDEFINES="-G 4" ;;