diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a9b2e099bbb..15e104aef61 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-12-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elfn32-mips.c (elf_backend_want_dynrelro): Define.
+
 2016-12-31  Dimitar Dimitrov  <dimitar@dinux.eu>
 
 	* archures.c: Add bfd_arch_pru.
diff --git a/bfd/elfn32-mips.c b/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
index c7ca646877e..ef09a148928 100644
--- a/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
@@ -3687,6 +3687,7 @@ static const struct ecoff_debug_swap mips_elf32_ecoff_debug_swap = {
 #define elf_backend_ecoff_debug_swap	&mips_elf32_ecoff_debug_swap
 
 #define elf_backend_got_header_size	(4 * MIPS_RESERVED_GOTNO)
+#define elf_backend_want_dynrelro	1
 
 /* MIPS n32 ELF can use a mixture of REL and RELA, but some Relocations
    work better/work only in RELA, so we default to this.  */