diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ff7dcd4869a..6e331ac4c31 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-09-11  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
+
+	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Make debug_sec_names
+	static.
+
 2000-09-10  Michael Sokolov  <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
 
 	* coff-m68k.c (bfd_m68k_coff_create_embedded_relocs): Emit 8 NULs for
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 6f732f81831..fea846dc66a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr, name)
   /* The debugging sections appear to be recognized only by name, not
      any sort of flag.  */
   {
-    const char *debug_sec_names [] =
+    static const char *debug_sec_names [] =
     {
       ".debug",
       ".gnu.linkonce.wi.",