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diff --git a/misc/qefgcvt.c b/misc/qefgcvt.c
index af65fc1688..faf788aa5d 100644
--- a/misc/qefgcvt.c
+++ b/misc/qefgcvt.c
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@
write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+#include <float.h>
+
#define FLOAT_TYPE long double
#define FUNC_PREFIX q
#define FLOAT_FMT_FLAG "L"
/* Actually we have to write (LDBL_DIG + log10 (LDBL_MAX_10_EXP)) but
we don't have log10 available in the preprocessor. Since we cannot
assume anything on the used `long double' format be generous. */
-#define MAXDIG (LDBL_DIG + 12)
-#define NDIGIT_MAX LDBL_DIG
+#define MAXDIG (NDIGIT_MAX + 12)
+#if LDBL_MANT_DIG == 64
+# define NDIGIT_MAX 21
+#else
+/* See IEEE 854 5.6, table 2 for this formula. */
+# define NDIGIT_MAX (lrint (ceil (M_LN2 / M_LN10 * LDBL_MANT_DIG + 1.0)))
+#endif
#include "efgcvt.c"