diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 04c1eccb61..b39a9567f3 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-14	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* libnetworking/sys/sysctl.h: Change sysctl_oid->arg2 into int32_t
+	for 16bit target compliance.
+
 2010-04-13	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* libmisc/shell/fts.c (fts_pow2): Rebase fts_pow2 on
diff --git a/cpukit/libnetworking/sys/sysctl.h b/cpukit/libnetworking/sys/sysctl.h
index 1758890628..ad321fa229 100644
--- a/cpukit/libnetworking/sys/sysctl.h
+++ b/cpukit/libnetworking/sys/sysctl.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct sysctl_oid {
 	int		oid_number;
 	uint32_t	oid_kind;
 	void		*oid_arg1;
-	int		oid_arg2;
+	int32_t		oid_arg2;
 	const char	*oid_name;
 	int 		(*oid_handler)(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 	const char	*oid_fmt;