diff --git a/ld/ldlex.l b/ld/ldlex.l
index 613f356cf58..82f6659ca28 100644
--- a/ld/ldlex.l
+++ b/ld/ldlex.l
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ keyword_type keywords[] =
 "INPUT",INPUT,
 "DEFINED",DEFINED,
 "CREATE_OBJECT_SYMBOLS",CREATE_OBJECT_SYMBOLS,
+"FORCE_COMMON_ALLOCATION",FORCE_COMMON_ALLOCATION,
 "SECTIONS",SECTIONS,
 "FILL",FILL,
 "STARTUP",STARTUP,
+"OUTPUT_FORMAT",OUTPUT_FORMAT,
 "HLL",HLL,
 "SYSLIB",SYSLIB,
 "FLOAT",FLOAT,
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ WHITE		[ \t]+
 "]"		{ RTOKEN(']');}
 "["		{ RTOKEN('[');}
 ":"		{ RTOKEN(':'); }
-";"		{ RTOKEN(';');}
+";"		{ RTOKEN('\;');}
 "-"		{ RTOKEN('-');}