diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9f912524c..b5721e968 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Changes in version 0.2.0.22-rc - 2008-03-??
       (sometimes) to buffer data for the network.  Looking at different BIOs
       could result in write counts on the order of ULONG_MAX.  Fix for bug
       614.  Bugfix on 0.1.2.x.
+    - Make --enable-openbsd-malloc work correctly on Linux with alpha CPUs.
+      Fixes bug 625.  Bugfix on 0.2.0.x.
 
 
 Changes in version 0.2.0.21-rc - 2008-03-02
diff --git a/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c b/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
index b04323173..802517654 100644
--- a/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
+++ b/src/common/OpenBSD_malloc_Linux.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <err.h>
+#include "torint.h"
 
 //#include "thread_private.h"
 
@@ -1926,11 +1927,14 @@ realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
 	return (r);
 }
 
-#if defined(__i386__)||defined(__arm__)||defined(__powerpc__)
-#define SIZE_MAX 0xffffffff
-#endif
-#if defined(__x86_64__)
-#define SIZE_MAX 0xffffffffffffffff
+#ifndef SIZE_MAX
+//#if defined(__i386__)||defined(__arm__)||defined(__powerpc__)
+//#define SIZE_MAX 0xffffffff
+//#endif
+//#if defined(__x86_64__)
+//#define SIZE_MAX 0xffffffffffffffff
+//#endif
+#define SIZE_MAX SIZE_T_MAX
 #endif
 
 void *