diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index eeef52d517d..d81e06b8b2d 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Mon Feb 21 11:41:18 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 
+	* config/ho-hpux.h (BROKEN_ASSERT): Define if not __GNUC__.
+
 	* read.c (read_a_source_file): Use correct arguments to memcpy
 	(broken 19 Jul 1993).  From kjd@pescadero.stanford.edu (Kenneth
 	Duda).
diff --git a/gas/config/ho-hpux.h b/gas/config/ho-hpux.h
index 23310d77034..38099e020dc 100644
--- a/gas/config/ho-hpux.h
+++ b/gas/config/ho-hpux.h
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 #undef setbuffer
 #endif /* setbuffer */
 
+/* When using cc on HP/UX 8.07, an assert condition can not contain a
+   string literal.  */
+#ifndef __GNUC__
+#define BROKEN_ASSERT
+#endif
+
 #define setbuffer(stream, buf, size)
 
 /* Some basic include files.  Avoid including ho-sysv.h as it defines