diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 04d4e7c6a..f6fcdc61e 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-07-04  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
 
+	* posix.h (scm_i_locale_mutex): Don't declare as `SCM_INTERNAL'
+	since it's needed by `libguile-i18n'.  Reported by Patrick
+	Horgan <phorgan1@gmail.com>.
+
 	* __scm.h (SCM_INTERNAL): Add `extern' so that these symbols are
 	not considered as "common" by GCC 4.3.  Reported by Patrick
 	Horgan <phorgan1@gmail.com>.
diff --git a/libguile/posix.h b/libguile/posix.h
index d51da9479..34e1fc77f 100644
--- a/libguile/posix.h
+++ b/libguile/posix.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ SCM_API SCM scm_sethostname (SCM name);
 SCM_API SCM scm_gethostname (void);
 SCM_INTERNAL void scm_init_posix (void);
 
-SCM_INTERNAL scm_i_pthread_mutex_t scm_i_locale_mutex;
+SCM_API scm_i_pthread_mutex_t scm_i_locale_mutex;
 
 #endif  /* SCM_POSIX_H */