diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a325b74a1e..170e372b82 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Dec  4 11:25:39 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* elflink.h (elf_link_output_extsym): Just ignore warning and
+	indirect references to symbols which don't really exist.
+
 Sun Dec  3 19:00:27 1995  Kim Knuttila  <krk@cygnus.com>
 
 	* peicode.h (pe_print_idata): Minor format fixes
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index 3e182956f7..e0d01ea67c 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -2508,6 +2508,12 @@ elf_link_output_extsym (h, data)
 
     case bfd_link_hash_indirect:
     case bfd_link_hash_warning:
+      /* We can't represent these symbols in ELF.  A warning symbol
+         may have come from a .gnu.warning.SYMBOL section anyhow.  We
+         just put the target symbol in the hash table.  If the target
+         symbol does not really exist, don't do anything.  */
+      if (h->root.u.i.link->type == bfd_link_hash_new)
+	return true;
       return (elf_link_output_extsym
 	      ((struct elf_link_hash_entry *) h->root.u.i.link, data));
     }