diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 9b0a306f9fd..08ce5a9250f 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-21  John David Anglin  <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>
+
+	* readelf.c (parse_args): Change debug_dump_opt to static.
+
 2002-08-16  Sivaguru Sankaridurg  <siva@eternal-systems.com>
 
 	* stabs.c (parse_stab_argtype): Pass length of physname to
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index b0a79340ca2..ea0aa023701 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ parse_args (argc, argv)
 	    do_debugging = 1;
 	  else
 	    {
-	      const char *debug_dump_opt[]
+	      static const char *debug_dump_opt[]
 		= { "line", "info", "abbrev", "pubnames", "ranges",
 		    "macro", "frames", "frames-interp", "str", "loc", NULL };
 	      unsigned int index;