diff --git a/include/coff-i960.h b/include/coff-i960.h
index 80dee56c707..073d6463cc7 100755
--- a/include/coff-i960.h
+++ b/include/coff-i960.h
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ struct external_scnhdr {
 #define	SCNHDR	struct external_scnhdr
 #define	SCNHSZ	sizeof(SCNHDR)
 
+/*
+ * names of "special" sections
+ */
+#define _TEXT   ".text"
+#define _DATA   ".data"
+#define _BSS    ".bss"
 
 /********************** LINE NUMBERS **********************/
 
diff --git a/include/coff-m88k.h b/include/coff-m88k.h
index 40b98ff56bd..8b11470e3b0 100755
--- a/include/coff-m88k.h
+++ b/include/coff-m88k.h
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ struct external_scnhdr
 #define	SCNHDR	struct external_scnhdr
 #define	SCNHSZ	sizeof(SCNHDR)
 
+/*
+ * names of "special" sections
+ */
+#define _TEXT   ".text"
+#define _DATA   ".data"
+#define _BSS    ".bss"
 
 /********************** LINE NUMBERS **********************/
 
diff --git a/include/coff-mips.h b/include/coff-mips.h
index 59e4f80a4e9..2222e5627b2 100755
--- a/include/coff-mips.h
+++ b/include/coff-mips.h
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ struct external_scnhdr {
 #define	SCNHDR	struct external_scnhdr
 #define	SCNHSZ	sizeof(SCNHDR)
 
+/*
+ * names of "special" sections
+ */
+#define _TEXT   ".text"
+#define _DATA   ".data"
+#define _BSS    ".bss"
+
 #define DEFAULT_DATA_SECTION_ALIGNMENT 4
 #define DEFAULT_BSS_SECTION_ALIGNMENT 4
 #define DEFAULT_TEXT_SECTION_ALIGNMENT 16
diff --git a/include/internalcoff.h b/include/internalcoff.h
index 726e7942699..a3dfa608fdd 100755
--- a/include/internalcoff.h
+++ b/include/internalcoff.h
@@ -105,13 +105,6 @@ struct internal_scnhdr {
 };
 
 
-/*
- * names of "special" sections
- */
-#define _TEXT	".text"
-#define _DATA	".data"
-#define _BSS	".bss"
-
 /*
  * s_flags "type"
  */