diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 2ef145c26cb..56e3f11683c 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-02-20  Jason Duerstock  <jason.duerstock@gmail.com>
+
+	* elfnn-ia64.c (elf_backend_can_gc_sections): Enable.
+
 2018-02-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
 
 	Revert
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-ia64.c b/bfd/elfnn-ia64.c
index 842417a046b..715115ae23a 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-ia64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-ia64.c
@@ -5065,6 +5065,7 @@ elfNN_hpux_backend_symbol_processing (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 	elfNN_ia64_print_private_bfd_data
 
 #define elf_backend_plt_readonly	1
+#define elf_backend_can_gc_sections	1
 #define elf_backend_want_plt_sym	0
 #define elf_backend_plt_alignment	5
 #define elf_backend_got_header_size	0