diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index bcddeacb4b0..c52203af31a 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-08-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* lib/ld-lib.exp (check_plugin_api_available): Match "-plugin PLUGIN".
+
 2014-08-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/16746
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp b/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
index c4ce0e7ce0a..e4084e13eaa 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ proc check_plugin_api_available { } {
     if {![info exists plugin_api_available_saved]} {
 	# Check if the ld used by gcc supports --plugin.
 	set ld_output [remote_exec host $ld "--help"]
-	if { [ string first "-plugin" $ld_output ] >= 0 } {
+	if { [ string first "-plugin PLUGIN" $ld_output ] >= 0 } {
 	    set plugin_api_available_saved 1
 	} else {
 	    set plugin_api_available_saved 0