2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 988735e..0ad6023 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ TODO: throw() for most ev.h functions
           libev's EV_ERROR (reported by 191919).
 	- (ecb) add memory fence support for xlC (Darin McBride).
 	- (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-mips (Anton Kirilov).
+	- (ecb) add memory fence support for gcc-alpha (Christian Weisgerber).
         - work around some kernels losing file descriptors by leaking
           the kqueue descriptor in the child.
 
diff --git a/ev.c b/ev.c
index 15c58d5..3181a2e 100644
--- a/ev.c
+++ b/ev.c
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ struct signalfd_siginfo
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("bcr 15,0" : : : "memory")
     #elif defined __mips__
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+    #elif defined __alpha__
+      #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("mb" : : : "memory")
     #endif
   #endif
 #endif