diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 440487fdd..b3eb95430 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-03-02  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S: Define __start.
+
 2012-03-02  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* gentpl.py (kernel): Remove the use of TARGET_OBJ2ELF after strip since
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S b/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S
index 5b7ea9ae3..ca6b1b7c4 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S
+++ b/grub-core/kern/i386/pc/startup.S
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
 
 	.text
 
-	.globl	start, _start
+	.globl	start, _start, __start
 start:
 _start:
+__start:
 	.code32
 
 	movl	%ecx, (LOCAL(real_to_prot_addr) - _start) (%esi)