diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 18672707014..100b314cd29 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-06-06  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/string-inst.cc (_Rep::_S_max_size): Add instantiation.
+
 2001-06-05  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	libstdc++/3045
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/string-inst.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/string-inst.cc
index dfdd5952d86..5c0e5552cc4 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/string-inst.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/string-inst.cc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace std
   typedef basic_string<C> S;
 
   template class basic_string<C>;
+  template S::size_type S::_Rep::_S_max_size;
 
   template S operator+(const C*, const S&);
   template S operator+(C, const S&);