diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 24132f0e705..7106a7b71aa 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Aug  1 17:59:30 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>
+
+        * ginclude/va-alpha.h (va_list): Use a typedef, not a define.
+        * ginclude/va-clipper.h (va_list): Likewise.
+
 Fri Jul 31 20:22:02 1998  Michael Meissner  <meissner@cygnus.com>
 
 	* rs6000.c (rs6000_override_options): If big endian and -Os, use
diff --git a/gcc/ginclude/va-alpha.h b/gcc/ginclude/va-alpha.h
index 2a4ba60b532..1d9e05df2c2 100644
--- a/gcc/ginclude/va-alpha.h
+++ b/gcc/ginclude/va-alpha.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ typedef struct {
 /* If this is for internal libc use, don't define anything but
    __gnuc_va_list.  */
 #if defined (_STDARG_H) || defined (_VARARGS_H)
+typedef __gnuc_va_list va_list;
 
-#define va_list __gnuc_va_list
 #define _VA_LIST
 #define _VA_LIST_
 
@@ -128,4 +128,3 @@ enum {
 #define __va_copy(dest, src) (dest) = (src)
 
 #endif /* defined (_STDARG_H) || defined (_VARARGS_H) */
-
diff --git a/gcc/ginclude/va-clipper.h b/gcc/ginclude/va-clipper.h
index 38cc77f9c1a..213afca93f0 100644
--- a/gcc/ginclude/va-clipper.h
+++ b/gcc/ginclude/va-clipper.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ typedef struct
 
 
 #if defined (_STDARG_H) || defined (_VARARGS_H)
-#define va_list __gnuc_va_list
+typedef __gnuc_va_list va_list;
 #define __va_list __gnuc_va_list	/* acc compatibility */
 
 #define _VA_LIST