diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 3f020fffc6d..7303c32488a 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-03-09  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* hppa-linux-tdep.c (hppa_linux_init_abi): Set the long double
+	format to floatformats_ieee_double.
+
 2016-03-07  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* mips-tdep.c (mips_gdbarch_init): Check whether info.abfd is NULL
diff --git a/gdb/hppa-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/hppa-linux-tdep.c
index 4013dfd40d1..86b8d14e67b 100644
--- a/gdb/hppa-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/hppa-linux-tdep.c
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ hppa_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info info, struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
      some discussions to support 128-bit long double, but it requires some
      more work in gcc and glibc first.  */
   set_gdbarch_long_double_bit (gdbarch, 64);
+  set_gdbarch_long_double_format (gdbarch, floatformats_ieee_double);
 
   set_gdbarch_iterate_over_regset_sections
     (gdbarch, hppa_linux_iterate_over_regset_sections);