diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8877311b176..6ab009b036c 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-07-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* lib/ld-lib.exp (check_lto_available): Check that a compiler is
+	available before testing for LTO support.
+
 2014-07-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* config/default.exp: Don't make tmpdir/gas.  Put as symlink into
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp b/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
index a657a975ebc..9f7a414cc99 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
@@ -1666,6 +1666,10 @@ proc check_lto_available { } {
     global CC
 
     if {![info exists lto_available_saved]} {
+        if { [which $CC] == 0 } {
+	    set lto_available_saved 0
+	    return 0
+	}
 	# Check if gcc supports -flto -fuse-linker-plugin
 	set flags ""
 	if [board_info [target_info name] exists cflags] {