diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index c311679bef..ea28a0b56f 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-09-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 25002
+	* ldelf.c: Include safe-ctype.h.
+
 2019-09-16  Phil Blundell  <pb@pbcl.net>
 
 	* Makefile.in, configure: Regenerated.
diff --git a/ld/ldelf.c b/ld/ldelf.c
index d25e41762b..3b0f3ada8c 100644
--- a/ld/ldelf.c
+++ b/ld/ldelf.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "bfd.h"
 #include "libiberty.h"
 #include "filenames.h"
+#include "safe-ctype.h"
 #include "ld.h"
 #include "ldmain.h"
 #include "ldmisc.h"