diff --git a/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog b/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog
index 2e99ffbcba..d439e80682 100644
--- a/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog
+++ b/testsuites/libtests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-15	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* malloctest/init.c: Change sizes of heap/region and allocated objects
+	in heap to intptr_t so they can be larger than a single allocatable
+	object (e.g. size_t).
+
 2008-10-14	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* malloctest/init.c: Do not generate alignment factors larger that will
diff --git a/testsuites/libtests/malloctest/init.c b/testsuites/libtests/malloctest/init.c
index db973e2377..37c9e4d762 100644
--- a/testsuites/libtests/malloctest/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/libtests/malloctest/init.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void test_heap_init()
 void test_heap_cases_1()
 {
   void     *p1, *p2, *p3, *p4;
-  uint32_t  u1, u2;
+  intptr_t  u1, u2;
   Heap_Resize_status rsc;
 
   /*