diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog
index f3526edd43..4af5cba2ce 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-11-30	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+
+	* startup/linkcmds.c, start/start.S: call __eabi() from start.S
+	and make sure linkcmds defines _SDA_BASE_ + _SDA2_BASE_ so that
+	sysv + eabi are properly supported.
+
 2007-11-30	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* startup/bspstart.c: BSP_DIRTY_MEMORY should be tested for zero not
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/start/start.S b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/start/start.S
index 2b4a3c980c..95a5a52b20 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/start/start.S
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/start/start.S
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ _start:
 	lis	r0,0
 	stw	r0,0(sp)		/* clear back chain */
 	stwu	sp,-56(sp)		/* push another stack frame */
+	bl  FUNC_NAME(__eabi)
 
         lis	r5,environ@ha
         la	r5,environ@l(r5)	/* environp */
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/linkcmds b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/linkcmds
index ce85282d5a..b66c88db98 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/linkcmds
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/linkcmds
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (__FRAME_END__ = .);
   PROVIDE (_etext = .);
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
-  PROVIDE (__SDATA2_START__ = .);
+_SDA2_BASE_ = __SDATA2_START__ + 0x8000;
   .sdata2   	  : { *(.sdata2) *(.gnu.linkonce.s2.*)	} >RAM
   .sbss2   	  : { *(.sbss2) *(.gnu.linkonce.sb2.*)	} >RAM
   PROVIDE (__SBSS2_END__ = .);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ SECTIONS
   /* We want the small data sections together, so single-instruction offsets
      can access them all, and initialized data all before uninitialized, so
      we can shorten the on-disk segment size.  */
-  PROVIDE (__SDATA_START__ = .);
+_SDA_BASE_ = __SDATA_START__ + 0x8000;
   .sdata	  : { *(.sdata*) *(.gnu.linkonce.s.*)	} >RAM
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);