diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 1751cbce86b..ec4077fb41e 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-08-02  Jim Wilson  <jimw@sifive.com>
+
+	* elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_elf_create_dynamic_sections): For .tdata.dyn,
+	add SEC_LINKER_CREATED flag.
+
 2018-08-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_put_ldsymbol_name): Suppress warnings
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c b/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
index 934704a87e7..4be3eceda88 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ riscv_elf_create_dynamic_sections (bfd *dynobj,
     {
       htab->sdyntdata =
 	bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (dynobj, ".tdata.dyn",
-					    SEC_ALLOC | SEC_THREAD_LOCAL);
+					    (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_THREAD_LOCAL
+					     | SEC_LINKER_CREATED));
     }
 
   if (!htab->elf.splt || !htab->elf.srelplt || !htab->elf.sdynbss