diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 19f66d36ee..6d1a4dd3aa 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-18  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* emulparams/elf32ebmipvxworks.sh (OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS)
+	(OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS): Define.  Add .rdata sections.
+
 2007-05-16  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Allow sysroots to be relocated under $prefix as
diff --git a/ld/emulparams/elf32ebmipvxworks.sh b/ld/emulparams/elf32ebmipvxworks.sh
index 4145488ae2..6d1cc3c96c 100644
--- a/ld/emulparams/elf32ebmipvxworks.sh
+++ b/ld/emulparams/elf32ebmipvxworks.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf32-bigmips-vxworks"
 BIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf32-bigmips-vxworks"
 LITTLE_OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf32-littlemips-vxworks"
+# VxWorks .rdata sections are normally read-only, but one of the objects
+# in libdl.a (the dynamic loader) is actually read-write.  Explicitly
+# place the section in the appropriate segment for its flags.
+OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS="
+  .rdata ${RELOCATING-0} : ONLY_IF_RO { *(.rdata) }
+"
+OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS="
+  .rdata ${RELOCATING-0} : ONLY_IF_RW { *(.rdata) }
+"
 unset OTHER_GOT_SYMBOLS
 SHLIB_TEXT_START_ADDR=0
 unset TEXT_DYNAMIC