diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 50f8bc921e5..fb3b5526360 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-14  Richard Sandiford  <r.sandiford@uk.ibm.com>
+
+	* emultempl/aix.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_parse): Set
+	config.dynamic_link to TRUE.
+
 2009-03-14  Richard Sandiford  <r.sandiford@uk.ibm.com>
 
 	* emultempl/aix.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation): Mark
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/aix.em b/ld/emultempl/aix.em
index b30000b9252..90465f2872c 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/aix.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/aix.em
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_parse (void)
 {
   ldfile_set_output_arch ("${OUTPUT_ARCH}", bfd_arch_`echo ${ARCH} | sed -e 's/:.*//'`);
 
+  config.dynamic_link = TRUE;
   config.has_shared = TRUE;
 
   /* The link_info.[init|fini]_functions are initialized in ld/lexsup.c.