diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 8509e1c988..3fa1aeefb4 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-03-09  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* config/tc-arm.c (arm_cpu_option_table): Add cortex-a9.
+	* doc/c-arm.texi: Add cortex-a9.
+
 2008-03-09  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* config/tc-arm.c (fpu_vfp_ext_d32): New vairable.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 59a1d77d55..15367b772a 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -20114,6 +20114,9 @@ static const struct arm_cpu_option_table arm_cpus[] =
   {"cortex-a8",		ARM_ARCH_V7A,	 ARM_FEATURE(0, FPU_VFP_V3
                                                         | FPU_NEON_EXT_V1),
                                                           NULL},
+  {"cortex-a9",		ARM_ARCH_V7A,	 ARM_FEATURE(0, FPU_VFP_V3
+                                                        | FPU_NEON_EXT_V1),
+                                                          NULL},
   {"cortex-r4",		ARM_ARCH_V7R,	 FPU_NONE,	  NULL},
   {"cortex-m3",		ARM_ARCH_V7M,	 FPU_NONE,	  NULL},
   {"cortex-m1",		ARM_ARCH_V6M,	 FPU_NONE,	  NULL},
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
index 2ee29328a8..7ad4a34abb 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ recognized:
 @code{mpcore},
 @code{mpcorenovfp},
 @code{cortex-a8},
+@code{cortex-a9},
 @code{cortex-r4},
 @code{cortex-m3},
 @code{ep9312} (ARM920 with Cirrus Maverick coprocessor),