diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index d2391527ef9..f93a3936ac8 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-06-11  Ulrich Weigand  <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/charset.c (main): Make sure malloc gets linked in.
+
 2010-06-11  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	PR gdb/9977, PR exp/11636::
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/charset.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/charset.c
index d7ed8659d4d..a7d64f229ca 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/charset.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/charset.c
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ int main ()
   set_debug_traps();
   breakpoint();
 #endif
+
+  /* charset.exp wants to allocate memory for constants.  So make sure malloc
+     gets linked into the program.  */
+  malloc (1);
+
   /* Initialize ascii_string.  */
   init_string (ascii_string,
                120,