1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/neutral.c b/libiberty/neutral.c
index a92ff1a0a..cbf1a1da6 100644
--- a/libiberty/neutral.c
+++ b/libiberty/neutral.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ void * xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)	{return calloc(nmemb,size);}
 void * xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size) 	{return realloc(ptr,size);}
 char * xstrdup(const char *s)			{return strdup(s);}
 char * xstrndup(const char *s, size_t n)	{return strndup(s,n);}
-char * xstrerror(int errnum)			{return strerror(errnum);}
 void * xmalloc(size_t block_size)		{return malloc(block_size);}
 
 void * xmemdup (const void * src, size_t copy_size, size_t alloc_size)
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ void xmalloc_failed (size_t size)
 	fputs("malloc failed, aborting.\n\0",stderr);
 	_exit(1);
 }
+
+static char errdesc_fallback[64];
+
+char * xstrerror(int errnum)
+{
+	char * errdesc;
+
+	if ((errdesc = strerror(errnum)))
+		return errdesc;
+
+	sprintf(errdesc_fallback,"Undocumented error %d.",errnum);
+	return errdesc_fallback;
+}