diff --git a/wcsmbs/Makefile b/wcsmbs/Makefile
index 8b1ae6c805..0bb1740838 100644
--- a/wcsmbs/Makefile
+++ b/wcsmbs/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #
 subdir	:= wcsmbs
 
-headers	:= wchar.h bits/wchar.h bits/wchar2.h bits/wchar-ldbl.h
+headers	:= wchar.h bits/wchar.h bits/wchar2.h bits/wchar-ldbl.h uchar.h
 distribute := wcwidth.h wcsmbsload.h
 
 routines := wcscat wcschr wcscmp wcscpy wcscspn wcsdup wcslen wcsncat \
diff --git a/wcsmbs/uchar.h b/wcsmbs/uchar.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44637c3396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wcsmbs/uchar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+
+/*
+ *      ISO C11 Standard: 7.28
+ *	Unicode utilities	<uchar.h>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UCHAR_H
+#define _UCHAR_H	1
+
+#include <features.h>
+
+#define __need_size_t
+#include <stddef.h>
+#define __need_mbstate_t
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+/* Define the 16-bit and 32-bit character types.  Use the information
+   provided by the compiler.  */
+# if !defined __CHAR16_TYPE__ || !defined __CHAR32_TYPE__
+#  if defined __STDC__ && __STDC__ < 201000L
+#   error "<uchar.h> requires ISO C11 mode"
+#  else
+#   error "definitions of __CHAR16_TYPE__ and/or __CHAR32_TYPE__ missing"
+#  endif
+# endif
+typedef __CHAR16_TYPE__ char16_t;
+typedef __CHAR32_TYPE__ char32_t;
+#endif
+
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Write char16_t representation of multibyte character pointed
+   to by S to PC16.  */
+extern size_t mbrtoc16 (char16_t *__restrict __pc16,
+			__const char *__restrict __s, size_t __n,
+			mbstate_t *__restrict __p) __THROW;
+
+/* Write multibyte representation of char16_t C16 to S.  */
+extern size_t c16rtomb (char *__restrict __s, char16_t __c16,
+			mbstate_t *__restrict __ps) __THROW;
+
+
+
+/* Write char32_t representation of multibyte character pointed
+   to by S to PC32.  */
+extern size_t mbrtoc32 (char32_t *__restrict __pc32,
+			__const char *__restrict __s, size_t __n,
+			mbstate_t *__restrict __p) __THROW;
+
+/* Write multibyte representation of char32_t C32 to S.  */
+extern size_t c32rtomb (char *__restrict __s, char32_t __c32,
+			mbstate_t *__restrict __ps) __THROW;
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif	/* uchar.h */