--- /dev/null
+2007-08-20 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
+
+ * ppc_symbol.c (ppc_check_special_symbol): For _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
+ when DT_PPC_GOT is not found, anywhere in the section is valid.
+
+--- backends/ppc_symbol.c 20b22bb299c460c0e41145b39d6908f0f6e69948
++++ backends/ppc_symbol.c 1b3c198586c4cdb6a1200b00378358fa8a26a47a
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ /* PPC specific symbolic name handling.
+- Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
++ Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+ This file is part of Red Hat elfutils.
+ Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2004.
+
+@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ ppc_check_special_symbol (Elf *elf, GElf
+
+ if (strcmp (name, "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_") == 0)
+ {
++ /* In -msecure-plt mode, DT_PPC_GOT is present and must match. */
+ GElf_Addr gotaddr;
+ if (find_dyn_got (elf, ehdr, &gotaddr))
+ return sym->st_value == gotaddr;
+- return sym->st_value == destshdr->sh_addr + 4;
++
++ /* In -mbss-plt mode, any place in the section is valid. */
++ return true;
+ }
+
+ const char *sname = elf_strptr (elf, ehdr->e_shstrndx, destshdr->sh_name);