diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 17e1fab2084..e213a151078 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_link_just_syms): Remove .got check.
+	Handle ELFv2.
+
 2013-11-26  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
 
 	* elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_finish_dynamic_symbol):
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index 489ea79ea4a..4bbb70f93ff 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -5001,10 +5001,8 @@ ppc64_elf_link_just_syms (asection *sec, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       && (sec->owner->flags & (EXEC_P | DYNAMIC)) != 0
       && is_ppc64_elf (sec->owner))
     {
-      asection *got = bfd_get_section_by_name (sec->owner, ".got");
-      if (got != NULL
-	  && got->size >= elf_backend_got_header_size
-	  && bfd_get_section_by_name (sec->owner, ".opd") != NULL)
+      if (abiversion (sec->owner) >= 2
+	  || bfd_get_section_by_name (sec->owner, ".opd") != NULL)
 	sec->has_toc_reloc = 1;
     }
   _bfd_elf_link_just_syms (sec, info);