diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 82f9b1b4ef..6f0848e36a 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-10-24  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
+
+	* ld-elf/empty2.[sd]: New.
+
 2005-10-23  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/1487
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/empty2.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/empty2.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37f292b740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/empty2.d
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#source: empty2.s
+#ld:
+#readelf: -s
+#xfail: "d30v-*-*" "dlx-*-*" "hppa*-*-*" "i960-*-*" "or32-*-*" "pj-*-*"
+
+#...
+[ 	]+[0-9]+:[ 	]+0+[ 	]+0[ 	]+FILE[	 ]+LOCAL[ 	]+DEFAULT[ 	]+ABS empty2.s
+[ 	]+[0-9]+:[ 	]+0*12345678[ 	]+0[ 	]+NOTYPE[	 ]+LOCAL[ 	]+DEFAULT[ 	]+ABS constant
+#...
+[ 	]+[0-9]+:[ 	]+[0-9a-f]+[ 	]+[0-9]+[ 	]+FUNC[	 ]+GLOBAL[ 	]+DEFAULT[ 	]+[1-9] _start
+#pass
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/empty2.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/empty2.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deed3182f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/empty2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+	.file "empty2.s"
+	.equiv constant, 0x12345678
+	.section .bss
+bar:
+	.text
+	.type start,"function"
+	.global start
+start:
+	.type _start,"function"
+	.global _start
+_start:
+	.type __start,"function"
+	.global __start
+__start:
+	.type main,"function"
+	.global main
+main:
+	.long constant