diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d2049ea8514..245b7bbec25 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+start-sanitize-v850
+Tue Oct 15 16:17:28 1996  Stu Grossman  (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
+
+	* elf32-v850.c:  Define elf_symbol_leading_char to be '_'.
+
+end-sanitize-v850
 Tue Oct 15 12:40:41 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
 	* VERSION: Bump for new relocation.
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-v850.c b/bfd/elf32-v850.c
index 4c42d6d2985..626a21daafb 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-v850.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-v850.c
@@ -328,12 +328,14 @@ bfd_elf32_v850_reloc (abfd, reloc, symbol, data, isection, obfd, err)
 	}
       else if (reloc->howto->type == R_V850_HI16_S)
 	{
+	  relocation += bfd_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) data + reloc->address);
 	  relocation = (relocation >> 16) + ((relocation & 0x8000) != 0);
 	  bfd_put_16 (abfd, relocation, (bfd_byte *)data + reloc->address);
 	  return bfd_reloc_ok;
 	}
       else if (reloc->howto->type == R_V850_HI16)
 	{
+	  relocation += bfd_get_16 (abfd, (bfd_byte *) data + reloc->address);
 	  relocation = (relocation >> 16);
 	  bfd_put_16 (abfd, relocation, (bfd_byte *)data + reloc->address);
 	  return bfd_reloc_ok;
@@ -343,6 +345,21 @@ bfd_elf32_v850_reloc (abfd, reloc, symbol, data, isection, obfd, err)
   return bfd_reloc_continue;
 }
 
+static boolean bfd_elf32_v850_is_local_label PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol *));
+
+/*ARGSUSED*/
+static boolean
+bfd_elf32_v850_is_local_label (abfd, symbol)
+     bfd *abfd;
+     asymbol *symbol;
+{
+  return ((symbol->name[0] == '.' && (symbol->name[1] == 'L' || symbol->name[1] == '.'))
+	  || (symbol->name[0] == '_' && symbol->name[1] == '.' && symbol->name[2] == 'L'
+	      && symbol->name[3] == '_'));
+}
+
+#define bfd_elf32_bfd_is_local_label	bfd_elf32_v850_is_local_label
+
 #define TARGET_LITTLE_SYM		bfd_elf32_v850_vec
 #define TARGET_LITTLE_NAME		"elf32-v850"
 #define ELF_ARCH		bfd_arch_v850
@@ -352,4 +369,6 @@ bfd_elf32_v850_reloc (abfd, reloc, symbol, data, isection, obfd, err)
 #define elf_info_to_howto	0
 #define elf_info_to_howto_rel	v850_info_to_howto_rel
 
+#define elf_symbol_leading_char '_'
+
 #include "elf32-target.h"