diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d3635187b..9a2e34e5b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	* configure.ac: Add NetBSD header/ldflag support (Patch from
 	Peter Cooper).
 
+	* Headers/gnustep/base/GNUstep.h: New compatibility file.
+
 2002-08-15  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* SSL/GNUmakefile: Added -lgnustep-base and -lobjc to SSL_BUNDLE_LIBS
diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/base/GNUstep.h b/Headers/gnustep/base/GNUstep.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea8ea8846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/base/GNUstep.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* GNUstep.h - macros to make easier to port gnustep apps to macos-x
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by: Nicola Pero <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
+   Date: March, October 2001
+   
+   This file is part of GNUstep.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+   
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+   
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/ 
+
+#ifndef __GNUSTEP_GNUSTEP_H_INCLUDED_
+#define __GNUSTEP_GNUSTEP_H_INCLUDED_
+
+#ifndef GNUSTEP
+
+#define AUTORELEASE(object)      [object autorelease]
+#define TEST_AUTORELEASE(object) ({ if (object) [object autorelease]; })
+
+#define RELEASE(object)          [object release]
+#define TEST_RELEASE(object)     ({ if (object) [object release]; })
+
+#define RETAIN(object)           [object retain]
+#define TEST_RETAIN(object)      ({ if (object) [object retain]; })
+
+#define ASSIGN(object,value)     ({\
+     id __value = (id)(value); \
+     id __object = (id)(object); \
+     if (__value != __object) \
+       { \
+         if (__value != nil) \
+           { \
+             [__value retain]; \
+           } \
+         object = __value; \
+         if (__object != nil) \
+           { \
+             [__object release]; \
+           } \
+       } \
+   })
+
+#define ASSIGNCOPY(object,value) ASSIGN(object, [[value copy] autorelease]);
+
+#define DESTROY(object)          ({ \
+     if (object) \
+       { \
+         id __o = object; \
+         object = nil; \
+         [__o release]; \
+       } \
+   })
+
+#define CREATE_AUTORELEASE_POOL(X) \
+NSAutoreleasePool *(X) = [NSAutoreleasePool new]
+
+#define NSLocalizedString(key, comment) \
+  [[NSBundle mainBundle] localizedStringForKey:(key) value:@"" table:nil]
+
+#define _(X) NSLocalizedString (X, nil)
+#define __(X) X
+
+#define NSLocalizedStaticString(X, Y) X
+
+#endif /* GNUSTEP */
+
+#endif /* __GNUSTEP_GNUSTEP_H_INCLUDED_ */