diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index c42df9d9df..eb84f69f86 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2002-12-04  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (mips_tdep_h): Define.
+	(mips-tdep.o): Add mips_tdep_h to dependency list.
+	* mips-tdep.h: New file.
+	* mips-tdep.c (mips-tdep.h): Include.
+	(enum mips_abi): Move to mips-tdep.h.
+	(mips_abi): New function.
+
 2002-12-04  David Carlton  <carlton@math.stanford.edu>
 
 	* Makefile.in (f-exp.tab.c): Don't depend on c-exp.tab.c.
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 15b3211506..7560fbf792 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ macrotab_h = macrotab.h
 main_h = main.h
 memattr_h = memattr.h
 minimon_h = minimon.h
+mips_tdep_h = mips-tdep.h
 mipsnbsd_tdep_h = mipsnbsd-tdep.h
 monitor_h = monitor.h
 nbsd_tdep_h = nbsd-tdep.h
@@ -1940,8 +1941,8 @@ mips-nat.o: mips-nat.c $(defs_h) $(inferior_h) $(gdbcore_h) $(regcache_h)
 mips-tdep.o: mips-tdep.c $(defs_h) $(gdb_string_h) $(frame_h) $(inferior_h) \
 	$(symtab_h) $(value_h) $(gdbcmd_h) $(language_h) $(gdbcore_h) \
 	$(symfile_h) $(objfiles_h) $(gdbtypes_h) $(target_h) $(arch_utils_h) \
-	$(regcache_h) $(osabi_h) $(opcode_mips_h) $(elf_mips_h) $(elf_bfd_h) \
-	$(symcat_h)
+	$(regcache_h) $(osabi_h) $(mips_tdep_h) $(opcode_mips_h) \
+	$(elf_mips_h) $(elf_bfd_h) $(symcat_h)
 mipsm3-nat.o: mipsm3-nat.c $(defs_h) $(inferior_h) $(regcache_h)
 mipsnbsd-nat.o: mipsnbsd-nat.c $(defs_h) $(inferior_h) $(regcache_h) \
 	$(mipsnbsd_tdep_h)
diff --git a/gdb/mips-tdep.c b/gdb/mips-tdep.c
index 7a13a22eb7..c29c7a0a52 100644
--- a/gdb/mips-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/mips-tdep.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "arch-utils.h"
 #include "regcache.h"
 #include "osabi.h"
+#include "mips-tdep.h"
 
 #include "opcode/mips.h"
 #include "elf/mips.h"
@@ -57,19 +58,6 @@ enum
   MIPS_FPU_DOUBLE_REGSIZE = 8
 };
 
-/* All the possible MIPS ABIs. */
-
-enum mips_abi
-  {
-    MIPS_ABI_UNKNOWN = 0,
-    MIPS_ABI_N32,
-    MIPS_ABI_O32,
-    MIPS_ABI_N64,
-    MIPS_ABI_O64,
-    MIPS_ABI_EABI32,
-    MIPS_ABI_EABI64,
-    MIPS_ABI_LAST
-  };
 
 static const char *mips_abi_string;
 
@@ -162,6 +150,13 @@ static const char *mips_saved_regsize_string = size_auto;
 
 #define MIPS_SAVED_REGSIZE (mips_saved_regsize())
 
+/* Return the MIPS ABI associated with GDBARCH.  */
+enum mips_abi
+mips_abi (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  return gdbarch_tdep (gdbarch)->mips_abi;
+}
+
 static unsigned int
 mips_saved_regsize (void)
 {
diff --git a/gdb/mips-tdep.h b/gdb/mips-tdep.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92202e2d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/mips-tdep.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* Target-dependent header for the MIPS architecture, for GDB, the GNU Debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#ifndef MIPS_TDEP_H
+#define MIPS_TDEP_H
+
+/* All the possible MIPS ABIs. */
+enum mips_abi
+  {
+    MIPS_ABI_UNKNOWN = 0,
+    MIPS_ABI_N32,
+    MIPS_ABI_O32,
+    MIPS_ABI_N64,
+    MIPS_ABI_O64,
+    MIPS_ABI_EABI32,
+    MIPS_ABI_EABI64,
+    MIPS_ABI_LAST
+  };
+
+/* Return the MIPS ABI associated with GDBARCH.  */
+enum mips_abi mips_abi (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
+
+#endif /* MIPS_TDEP_H */