diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 769f54f78e3..0e4f39c7c9f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-06  Paul Gilliam  <pgilliam@us.ibm.com>
+
+        * lib/gdb.exp (test_compiler_info): Return compiler_info
+        if no arguments are given.
+
 2005-04-01  Paul Gilliam  <pgilliam@us.ibm.com>
 
 	* gdb.arch/altivec-abi.exp: Check for compiler and set
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 91001185623..5bef869733b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -1293,6 +1293,17 @@ proc get_compiler_info {binfile args} {
 
 proc test_compiler_info { compiler } {
     global compiler_info
+
+     # if no arg, return the compiler_info string
+
+     if [string match "" $compiler] {
+         if [info exists compiler_info] {
+             return $compiler_info
+         } else {
+             perror "No compiler info found."
+         }
+     }
+
     return [string match $compiler $compiler_info]
 }