diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 198454d..468b5a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2012-01-22  Klaus Treichel  <ktreichel@web.de>
+
+	* config/jit-opcodes.ops: Move declaration of obsolete opcodes to
+	the separate include file jit-opcode-compat.h and include this new
+	file instead.
+
+	* include/jit/jit-opcode-compat.h: add new include file for
+	obsolete opcodes.
+
+	* include/jit/Makefile.am: add jit-opcode-compat.h to the include
+	sources.
+
 2011-12-18  Aleksey Demakov  <ademakov@gmail.com>
 
 	* jit/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/config/jit-opcodes.ops b/config/jit-opcodes.ops
index 68a7fd9..3be97e1 100644
--- a/config/jit-opcodes.ops
+++ b/config/jit-opcodes.ops
@@ -951,22 +951,7 @@ struct jit_opcode_info
 #endif
 JIT_EXPORT_DATA jit_opcode_info_t const jit_opcodes[JIT_OP_NUM_OPCODES];
 
-/*
- * Some obsolete opcodes that have been removed because they are duplicates
- * of other opcodes.
- */
-#define JIT_OP_FEQ_INV		JIT_OP_FEQ
-#define JIT_OP_FNE_INV		JIT_OP_FNE
-#define JIT_OP_DEQ_INV		JIT_OP_DEQ
-#define JIT_OP_DNE_INV		JIT_OP_DNE
-#define JIT_OP_NFEQ_INV		JIT_OP_NFEQ
-#define JIT_OP_NFNE_INV		JIT_OP_NFNE
-#define JIT_OP_BR_FEQ_INV	JIT_OP_BR_FEQ
-#define JIT_OP_BR_FNE_INV	JIT_OP_BR_FNE
-#define JIT_OP_BR_DEQ_INV	JIT_OP_BR_DEQ
-#define JIT_OP_BR_DNE_INV	JIT_OP_BR_DNE
-#define JIT_OP_BR_NFEQ_INV	JIT_OP_BR_NFEQ
-#define JIT_OP_BR_NFNE_INV	JIT_OP_BR_NFNE
+#include "jit-opcode-compat.h"
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 };
diff --git a/include/jit/Makefile.am b/include/jit/Makefile.am
index 5ad4bf4..3e84067 100644
--- a/include/jit/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/jit/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dist_libjitinclude_HEADERS = \
 	jit-meta.h \
 	jit-objmodel.h \
 	jit-objmodel-private.h \
+	jit-opcode-compat.h \
 	jit-opcode.h \
 	jit-plus.h \
 	jit-type.h \
diff --git a/include/jit/jit-opcode-compat.h b/include/jit/jit-opcode-compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..706a14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/jit/jit-opcode-compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * jit-opcode-compat.h - Definition of obsolete opcodes for compatibility
+ *						 reasons.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011  Southern Storm Software, Pty Ltd.
+ *
+ * The libjit library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * The libjit library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with the libjit library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _JIT_OPCODE_COMPAT_H
+#define	_JIT_OPCODE_COMPAT_H
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Some obsolete opcodes that have been removed because they are duplicates
+ * of other opcodes.
+ */
+#define JIT_OP_FEQ_INV		JIT_OP_FEQ
+#define JIT_OP_FNE_INV		JIT_OP_FNE
+#define JIT_OP_DEQ_INV		JIT_OP_DEQ
+#define JIT_OP_DNE_INV		JIT_OP_DNE
+#define JIT_OP_NFEQ_INV		JIT_OP_NFEQ
+#define JIT_OP_NFNE_INV		JIT_OP_NFNE
+#define JIT_OP_BR_FEQ_INV	JIT_OP_BR_FEQ
+#define JIT_OP_BR_FNE_INV	JIT_OP_BR_FNE
+#define JIT_OP_BR_DEQ_INV	JIT_OP_BR_DEQ
+#define JIT_OP_BR_DNE_INV	JIT_OP_BR_DNE
+#define JIT_OP_BR_NFEQ_INV	JIT_OP_BR_NFEQ
+#define JIT_OP_BR_NFNE_INV	JIT_OP_BR_NFNE
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* _JIT_VMEM_H */