diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index eb254b7f2ed..24231ca50f7 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-05-15  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* elf64-aarch64.c (elf_backend_default_execstack): Define to 0.
+
 2013-05-10  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* coffcode.h (styp_to_sec_flags) [RS6000COFF_C]: Add handling
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-aarch64.c b/bfd/elf64-aarch64.c
index e3cae956501..aef472f2e8b 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-aarch64.c
@@ -7181,6 +7181,7 @@ const struct elf_size_info elf64_aarch64_size_info =
 #define elf_backend_may_use_rela_p     1
 #define elf_backend_default_use_rela_p 1
 #define elf_backend_got_header_size (GOT_ENTRY_SIZE * 3)
+#define elf_backend_default_execstack  0
 
 #undef  elf_backend_obj_attrs_section
 #define elf_backend_obj_attrs_section		".ARM.attributes"