diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 4b9f72325ff..da9ad1a950f 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-11-28  Andy Hutchinson  <hutchinsonandy@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	* config/avr/avr.h (ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL): Add. 
+
 2009-11-28  David Binderman  <dcb314@hotmail.com>
 
 	* ira-color.c (put_allocno_into_bucket): Remove set but not used
diff --git a/gcc/config/avr/avr.h b/gcc/config/avr/avr.h
index 4e07a2ecded..2e885604333 100644
--- a/gcc/config/avr/avr.h
+++ b/gcc/config/avr/avr.h
@@ -703,6 +703,9 @@ fprintf (STREAM, "\t.skip %lu,0\n", (unsigned long)(N))
           fprintf (STREAM, "\t.p2align\t%d\n", POWER);	\
   } while (0)
 
+#define ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL(FILE, DECL, NAME) \
+  default_elf_asm_output_external (FILE, DECL, NAME)
+
 #define CASE_VECTOR_MODE HImode
 
 #undef WORD_REGISTER_OPERATIONS