diff --git a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
index 84534da6872c9743377f260e4f6f43487407e392..c879a4b9e9a8c6d53915fc3b4e362682c139d782 100644
--- a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
+++ b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: pg_wchar.h,v 1.18 2000/10/12 06:08:28 ishii Exp $ */
+/* $Id: pg_wchar.h,v 1.19 2000/10/12 07:36:51 ishii Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef PG_WCHAR_H
 #define PG_WCHAR_H
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#ifdef FRONTEND
+#define elog(X...)
+#undef palloc
+#define palloc malloc
+#define pfree free
+#endif
+
 #define SQL_ASCII 0				/* SQL/ASCII */
 #define EUC_JP 1				/* EUC for Japanese */
 #define EUC_CN 2				/* EUC for Chinese */