diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 801cfa7..0aeb4b6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* dejagnu.h (TestState::TestState): Only perform initialization
 	when the first TestState object is constructed.
+	(DG): Add global TestState object.
 
 	* dejagnu.h (DG__endmsg): New function, called using atexit().
 	(endmsg_registered, TestState_count): Add fields to DG__status.
diff --git a/dejagnu.h b/dejagnu.h
index 571ee51..282b072 100644
--- a/dejagnu.h
+++ b/dejagnu.h
@@ -352,5 +352,7 @@ class TestState {
     std::string GetMsg (void) { return lastmsg; }
 };
 
+TestState DG;
+
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 #endif /* _DEJAGNU_H_ */