diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index df818211b2b..fcaa49937f5 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* syms.c (bfd_is_local_label): Return false for file symbols.
+
 2004-10-07  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
 
 	* elf32-xtensa.c (elf32xtensa_size_opt): New global variable.
diff --git a/bfd/syms.c b/bfd/syms.c
index ca4584c1a11..e78f5ec7be7 100644
--- a/bfd/syms.c
+++ b/bfd/syms.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ bfd_is_local_label (bfd *abfd, asymbol *sym)
   /* The BSF_SECTION_SYM check is needed for IA-64, where every label that
      starts with '.' is local.  This would accidentally catch section names
      if we didn't reject them here.  */
-  if ((sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK | BSF_SECTION_SYM)) != 0)
+  if ((sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK | BSF_FILE | BSF_SECTION_SYM)) != 0)
     return FALSE;
   if (sym->name == NULL)
     return FALSE;