diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
index b614e98d72..024595865c 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-08	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* shared/startup/linkcmds: Add .gnu.linkonce.b.* section.
+
 2006-02-13	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
 	* shared/startup/panic.c, shared/startup/probeMemEnd.c:
     added code for BSPs to use: panic using printk() to display
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/linkcmds b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/linkcmds
index 88446d5baa..129fb1463c 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/linkcmds
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/linkcmds
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ _SDA_BASE_ = __SDATA_START__ + 0x8000;
   {
    PROVIDE (__bss_start = .);
    *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss* .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
+   *(.bss .bss* .gnu.linkonce.b*)
    *(COMMON)
   . = ALIGN(16);
   } > CODE