diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a0d0cb922b..978eab08df 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Dec  3 18:40:58 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
+
+	* config/solaris2.mh (HDEFINES): Remove -Dconst=
+	* hosts/solaris.h: If not __GNUC__, define const as empty.
+
 Thu Dec  2 15:43:32 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
 
 	* ecoff.c: Added various casts for 32/64 bit cross targeting.
diff --git a/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h b/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h
index f423a1c512..458ecc9b2e 100644
--- a/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h
+++ b/bfd/hosts/solaris2.h
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@
 #ifndef	__GNUC__
 #include <alloca.h>
 #endif
+
+#ifndef __GNUC__
+# get around a bug in the Sun C compiler
+#define const
+#endif
+
 /* That's all... */