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diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 28b6b904e5..d8833dfdcf 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* ELF executable support for BFD.
Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
+ 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Fred Fish @ Cygnus Support, from information published
@@ -1282,6 +1282,20 @@ elf_slurp_symbol_table (bfd *abfd, asymbol **symptrs, bfd_boolean dynamic)
else if (isym->st_shndx == SHN_COMMON)
{
sym->symbol.section = bfd_com_section_ptr;
+ if ((abfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) != 0)
+ {
+ asection *xc = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, "COMMON");
+
+ if (xc == NULL)
+ {
+ flagword flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_IS_COMMON | SEC_KEEP
+ | SEC_EXCLUDE);
+ xc = bfd_make_section_with_flags (abfd, "COMMON", flags);
+ if (xc == NULL)
+ goto error_return;
+ }
+ sym->symbol.section = xc;
+ }
/* Elf puts the alignment into the `value' field, and
the size into the `size' field. BFD wants to see the
size in the value field, and doesn't care (at the