diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 762fddf5ea9..6da6d4ebe30 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-06-22  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* elflink.h (link_read_relocs): Explicitly cast external_relocs to
+	bfd_byte * before performing pointer arithmetic.
+
 Tue Jun 22 13:06:25 1999  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* elf-hppa.h: New file.  Common stuff for elf32 and elf64 PA
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index 5aca205cffe..4564cdefb7b 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ NAME(_bfd_elf,link_read_relocs) (abfd, o, external_relocs, internal_relocs,
   if (!elf_link_read_relocs_from_section 
       (abfd, 
        elf_section_data (o)->rel_hdr2,
-       external_relocs + rel_hdr->sh_size,
+       ((bfd_byte *) external_relocs) + rel_hdr->sh_size,
        internal_relocs + rel_hdr->sh_size / rel_hdr->sh_entsize))
     goto error_return;