diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 797531e59bd..fb09d6510da 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Aug 20 09:09:45 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+
+	* init.c (build_builtin_delete_call): Add missing assemble_external
+	call.
+
 1998-08-20  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
 
 	* parse.y (notype_unqualified_id): Also accept ~A<int>.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/init.c b/gcc/cp/init.c
index 9d1e05b88a8..2711322243e 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/init.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/init.c
@@ -1931,6 +1931,7 @@ build_builtin_delete_call (addr)
   tree BID = get_first_fn
     (IDENTIFIER_GLOBAL_VALUE (ansi_opname[(int) DELETE_EXPR]));
 
+  assemble_external (BID);
   return build_call (BID, void_type_node, build_expr_list (NULL_TREE, addr));
 }