diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 6d26e9c7577..ce25b055fb2 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-10-23  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
+
+	* deffilep.y (def_lex): Allow '<' and '>' characters in identifier
+	strings.
+
 2009-10-23  Ryan Mansfield  <rmansfield@qnx.com>
 
 	PR ld/10489
diff --git a/ld/deffilep.y b/ld/deffilep.y
index 6f47b99432a..706ad374d03 100644
--- a/ld/deffilep.y
+++ b/ld/deffilep.y
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ def_lex (void)
 #endif
 	}
 
-      while (c != EOF && (ISALNUM (c) || strchr ("$:-_?/@", c)))
+      while (c != EOF && (ISALNUM (c) || strchr ("$:-_?/@<>", c)))
 	{
 	  put_buf (c);
 	  c = def_getc ();