diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index e05d5e50f8..87761f7857 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-28  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
+
+	* gdbtypes.c (_initialize_gdbtypes): Set floating-point type for
+	builtin_type_i387_ext to floatformat_i387_ext.
+
 2001-10-24  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>
 
 	* arm-linux-nat.c (fill_gregset): Do not check register_valid[].
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index f15d10eed7..2557d69edb 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -3067,6 +3067,7 @@ _initialize_gdbtypes (void)
   builtin_type_i387_ext =
     init_type (TYPE_CODE_FLT, floatformat_i387_ext.totalsize / 8,
 	       0, "builtin_type_i387_ext", NULL);
+  TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (builtin_type_i387_ext) = &floatformat_i387_ext;
   builtin_type_m68881_ext =
     init_type (TYPE_CODE_FLT, floatformat_m68881_ext.totalsize / 8,
 	       0, "builtin_type_m68881_ext", NULL);