diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-01-18  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
+
+	* lib/sysdeps-init-osf1.c: New file. Added sysdeps initialization
+	code from DEC OSF/1.
+
 2000-01-16  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
 	We now use `@LIBGTOP_PACKAGE@' as the translation domain so
diff --git a/lib/sysdeps-init-osf1.c b/lib/sysdeps-init-osf1.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/lib/sysdeps-init-osf1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/* Copyright (C) 1998-99 Martin Baulig
+   This file is part of LibGTop 1.0.
+
+   Contributed by Martin Baulig <martin@home-of-linux.org>, April 1998.
+
+   LibGTop is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
+   or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   LibGTop is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+   ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+   for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with LibGTop; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+   Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+*/
+
+#include <glibtop.h>
+#include <glibtop/open.h>
+#include <glibtop/backend.h>
+
+void
+_glibtop_open_sysdeps (glibtop *server, const char *program_name,
+		       const unsigned long features, const unsigned flags)
+{
+    glibtop_open_backend_l (server, "glibtop-backend-common",
+			    features, NULL);
+    glibtop_open_backend_l (server, "glibtop-backend-sysdeps",
+			    features, NULL);
+    glibtop_open_backend_l (server, "glibtop-backend-server",
+			    features, NULL);
+}