diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 67ee1c1c57b..e7112e1f5a2 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-07-10  John Healy  <jhealy@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_section): md_elf_section_change_data_hook
+	added to grab section information after it's been extracted from the
+	.section directive.
+
 2001-07-10  Anders Norlander <anorland@synergenix.se>
 
 	* doc/as.texinfo (Incbin): Fix grammatical errors.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index 2510f4b4744..9498c188435 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -982,6 +982,10 @@ obj_elf_section (push)
       attr &= SHF_MERGE;
     }
 
+#ifdef md_elf_section_change_data_hook
+      md_elf_section_change_data_hook (name, type, attr, entsize, push);
+#endif
+
   obj_elf_change_section (name, type, attr, entsize, push);
 }