diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e32138340..a25f1e9fa4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-09-22  Roland McGrath  <roland@frob.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-sysdep.c (_exit): Add alias __GI__exit.
+
 2002-09-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* cppflags-iterator.mk (CPPFLAGS-$(cpp-src)): Append, not overwrite.
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-sysdep.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-sysdep.c
index e0e182c208..6d009401b9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-sysdep.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-sysdep.c
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ _exit (int status)
   while (__task_terminate (__mach_task_self ()))
     __mach_task_self_ = (__mach_task_self) ();
 }
+/* We need this alias to satisfy references from libc_pic.a objects
+   that were affected by the libc_hidden_proto declaration for _exit.  */
+strong_alias (_exit, __GI__exit)
 
 /* Try to get a machine dependent instruction which will make the
    program crash.  This is used in case everything else fails.  */