diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 00a07b19255..1120d30fd2a 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-09-12  Kwok Cheung Yeung  <kcy@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* runtime/minimal.c (estr_write): Define in terms of write.
+
 2018-09-12  Andrew Stubbs  <ams@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* runtime/minimal.c (exit): Only work around nvptx bugs on nvptx.
diff --git a/libgfortran/runtime/minimal.c b/libgfortran/runtime/minimal.c
index 8940f975160..b6d26fd2228 100644
--- a/libgfortran/runtime/minimal.c
+++ b/libgfortran/runtime/minimal.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ sys_abort (void)
 #undef st_printf
 #define st_printf printf
 #undef estr_write
-#define estr_write printf
+#define estr_write(X) write(STDERR_FILENO, (X), strlen (X))
 #if __nvptx__
 /* Map "exit" to "abort"; see PR85463 '[nvptx] "exit" in offloaded region
    doesn't terminate process'.  */