diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 614f3d93d..a0cc51185 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 20001020
  - (djm) Don't define _REENTRANT for SNI/Reliant Unix
+ - (bal) Imported NEWS-OS waitpid() macros into NeXT.  Since implementation
+   is more correct then current version.
 
 20001018
  - (stevesk) Add initial support for setproctitle().  Current
diff --git a/next-posix.h b/next-posix.h
index 3ac4739d0..bd815af43 100644
--- a/next-posix.h
+++ b/next-posix.h
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@
 #undef WIFSTOPPED
 #undef WIFSIGNALED
 
-#define WIFEXITED(w)	(!((w) & 0377))
-#define WIFSTOPPED(w)	((w) & 0100)
+#define _W_INT(w)	(*(int*)&(w))	/* convert union wait to int */
+#define WIFEXITED(w)	(!((_W_INT(w)) & 0377))
+#define WIFSTOPPED(w)	((_W_INT(w)) & 0100)
 #define WIFSIGNALED(w)	(!WIFEXITED(w) && !WIFSTOPPED(w))
-#define WEXITSTATUS(w)	(int)(WIFEXITED(w) ? (((w) >> 8) & 0377) : -1)
-#define WTERMSIG(w)	(int)(WIFSIGNALED(w) ? ((w) & 0177) : -1)
+#define WEXITSTATUS(w)	(int)(WIFEXITED(w) ? ((_W_INT(w) >> 8) & 0377) : -1)
+#define WTERMSIG(w)	(int)(WIFSIGNALED(w) ? (_W_INT(w) & 0177) : -1)
+#define WCOREFLAG	0x80
+#define WCOREDUMP(w) 	((_W_INT(w)) & WCOREFLAG)
 
 /* Swap out the next 'BSDish' wait() for a more POSIX complient one */
 pid_t posix_wait(int *status);