diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1846b2282d..77a667f873 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1998-11-11  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
+
+	* locale/programs/config.h: Define HAVE_STRING_H for xstrdup.c.
+
 1998-11-13  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
 	* libio/bits/stdio.h: Correct and improve fread_unlocked and
diff --git a/locale/programs/config.h b/locale/programs/config.h
index 96d9281ce3..9775572849 100644
--- a/locale/programs/config.h
+++ b/locale/programs/config.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 
 #define HAVE_VPRINTF 1
+#define HAVE_STRING_H 1
 
 
 #include_next <config.h>