diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 64829720fdc..214999bdaeb 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-01-08  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
+
+	PR 11072
+	* layout.cc (Layout::include_section): Remove .gnu_debuglink
+	sections.
+
 2010-01-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* version.cc (print_version): Change to "Copyright 2010".
diff --git a/gold/layout.cc b/gold/layout.cc
index a86590932ec..dc339d6b5f9 100644
--- a/gold/layout.cc
+++ b/gold/layout.cc
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ Layout::include_section(Sized_relobj<size, big_endian>*, const char* name,
           if (is_prefix_of(".gnu.lto_", name))
             return false;
         }
+      // The GNU linker strips .gnu_debuglink sections, so we do too.
+      // This is a feature used to keep debugging information in
+      // separate files.
+      if (strcmp(name, ".gnu_debuglink") == 0)
+	return false;
       return true;
 
     default: