diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 7c34c07f10..2fb674d71e 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Dec 30 11:35:40 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.c (mips16_macro): Add case for M_ABS.
+
 Fri Dec 27 22:51:51 1996  Fred Fish  <fnf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* NOTES.config (Implementation): as.h #define's "GAS" not "gas",
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index d90c7e6590..d4bd7c6879 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -5973,6 +5973,17 @@ mips16_macro (ip)
       macro_build ((char *) NULL, &icnt, &imm_expr, s, s3, xreg);
       macro_build ((char *) NULL, &icnt, &offset_expr, s2, "p");
       break;
+
+    case M_ABS:
+      expr1.X_add_number = 0;
+      macro_build ((char *) NULL, &icnt, &expr1, "slti", "x,8",  yreg);
+      if (xreg != yreg)
+	macro_build ((char *) NULL, &icnt, (expressionS *) NULL,
+		     "move", "y,X", xreg, yreg);
+      expr1.X_add_number = 2;
+      macro_build ((char *) NULL, &icnt, &expr1, "bteqz", "p");
+      macro_build ((char *) NULL, &icnt, (expressionS *) NULL,
+		   "neg", "x,w", xreg, xreg);
     }
 }