--- a/lib/freadable.c
+++ b/lib/freadable.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Retrieve information about a FILE stream.
-   Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
   return (fp->_flag & (_IORW | _IOREAD)) != 0;
 #elif defined __QNX__               /* QNX */
   return (fp->_Mode & 0x1 /* _MOPENR */) != 0;
+#elif defined __MINT__              /* Atari FreeMiNT */
+  return fp->__mode.__read;
 #else
  #error "Please port gnulib freadable.c to your platform! Look at the definition of fopen, fdopen on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
 #endif