diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 6bc96ed169d..e58d279a699 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Mar  8 09:36:05 1995  Michael Meissner  <meissner@tiktok.cygnus.com>
+
+	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_elf_validate_fix): Allow .stab sections to
+	have non PC relative relocations with -mrelocatable.
+
 Wed Mar  8 02:57:53 1995  Ken Raeburn  <raeburn@cujo.cygnus.com>
 
 	* config/tc-m68k.c (opcode_ptr): Return pointer to const.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
index d4fe8cc16cc..89380262f4f 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ ppc_elf_validate_fix (fixS *fixp, segT seg)
       && !fixp->fx_done
       && !fixp->fx_pcrel
       && fixp->fx_r_type <= BFD_RELOC_UNUSED
-      && strcmp (segment_name (seg), ".got2") != 0)
+      && strcmp (segment_name (seg), ".got2") != 0
+      && strcmp (segment_name (seg), ".stab") != 0)
     {
       as_bad_where (fixp->fx_file, fixp->fx_line,
 		    "Relocation cannot be done when using -mrelocatable");