diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 22996aa8ef..87a90732db 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-12-03	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* configure.ac, posix/src/signal_2.c: sighandler_t is defined
+	conditionally in some versions of newlib and unconditionally in
+	others. Make sure we always compile.
+
 2010-11-30	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* libcsupport/src/newlibc_exit.c, score/src/threadhandler.c: Revert
diff --git a/cpukit/configure.ac b/cpukit/configure.ac
index 0e2b65afe2..63413bdb82 100644
--- a/cpukit/configure.ac
+++ b/cpukit/configure.ac
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([pthread.h],[
   AC_CHECK_TYPES([pthread_spinlock_t])
 ])
 
-RTEMS_CHECK_MULTIPROCESSING
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([signal.h],[
+  AC_CHECK_TYPES([sighandler_t])
+])
+
+  RTEMS_CHECK_MULTIPROCESSING
 RTEMS_CHECK_POSIX_API
 RTEMS_CHECK_NETWORKING
 
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/signal_2.c b/cpukit/posix/src/signal_2.c
index 8d9c483803..326861752f 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/signal_2.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/signal_2.c
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-typedef void (*sighandler_t)(int);
+#ifndef HAVE_SIGHANDLER_T
+  typedef void (*sighandler_t)(int);
+#endif
 
 sighandler_t signal(
   int           signum,