diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 983ca146687..e09a68e15df 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-03-12  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* deffilep.y (def_lex): Accept '.' as valid non-lead char.
+
 2003-03-07  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.tgt: Add NATIVE_LIB_DIRS for cygwin target back after
diff --git a/ld/deffilep.y b/ld/deffilep.y
index b44a6b36eb5..08c5a9142eb 100644
--- a/ld/deffilep.y
+++ b/ld/deffilep.y
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ def_lex ()
 #endif
 	}
 
-      while (c != EOF && (ISALNUM (c) || strchr ("$:-_?/@", c)))
+      while (c != EOF && (ISALNUM (c) || strchr ("$:-_?/@.", c)))
 	{
 	  put_buf (c);
 	  c = def_getc ();