diff --git a/tcc-doc.texi b/tcc-doc.texi
index 6261b5d..7379434 100644
--- a/tcc-doc.texi
+++ b/tcc-doc.texi
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ They can be defined several times in the same source. Use 'b'
 @cindex .long
 @cindex .string
 @cindex .globl
+@cindex .global
 @cindex .section
 @cindex .text
 @cindex .data
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ supported:
 @item .int value1[,value2...]
 @item .long value1[,value2...]
 @item .string string
+@item .globl symbol
 @item .global symbol
 @item .section section
 @item .text
diff --git a/tccasm.c b/tccasm.c
index 7fb4062..c3f7e35 100644
--- a/tccasm.c
+++ b/tccasm.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static void asm_parse_directive(TCCState *s1)
         }
         break;
     case TOK_ASM_globl:
+    case TOK_ASM_global:
 	{ 
             Sym *sym;
 
diff --git a/tcctok.h b/tcctok.h
index cfefb09..4f90fc9 100644
--- a/tcctok.h
+++ b/tcctok.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
  DEF_ASM(space)
  DEF_ASM(string)
  DEF_ASM(globl)
+ DEF_ASM(global)
  DEF_ASM(text)
  DEF_ASM(data)
  DEF_ASM(bss)