diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index d8e6a3f4a2..25522c124b 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 2018-06-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
+	PR 22983
+	* testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp: Use individual tests to check for
+	the presence of each expected symbol.
+	* testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.1.d: New file.
+	* testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.2.d: New file.
+	* testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.3.d: New file.
+	* testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.4.d: New file.
+
 	* emulparams/aarch64elf.sh (OTHER_BSS_END_SYMBOLS): Make the
 	definition of the __bss_end__ symbol conditional upon CREATE_SHLIB.
 
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp
index c0b7b1c764..70274b3712 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp
@@ -572,13 +572,29 @@ run_ld_link_exec_tests $lto_run_tests
 
 if { [is_elf_format] } {
     run_ld_link_exec_tests $lto_run_elf_tests
+
+    # Note - it is not guaranteed that the ordering of symbols in the dynamic
+    # symbol table will match the ordering of the symbols specified by the
+    # --dynamic-list command line option.
+    #
+    # For PR22983 we want to make sure that all four symbols specified in
+    # pr222983.t are present in the output, but a simple sequences of regexps
+    # will not work as we do not know the order of the symbols.  (Readelf
+    # does not have a symbol sorting option and the run_cc_list_tests proc
+    # does not allow for the output of the dump program to piped into `sort`).
+    #
+    # So instead we run readelf four times, each time checking for the
+    # presence of a specific symbol from the pr22983.t file.
     run_cc_link_tests [list \
 	[list \
 	    "Build pr22983" \
 	    "-Wl,--dynamic-list,pr22983.t" \
 	    "-flto" \
-	    {pr22983a.c pr22983b.c} \
-	    {{readelf {--dyn-syms --wide} pr22983.d}} \
+	     {pr22983a.c pr22983b.c} \
+	    {{readelf {--dyn-syms --wide} pr22983.1.d} \
+	     {readelf {--dyn-syms --wide} pr22983.2.d} \
+	     {readelf {--dyn-syms --wide} pr22983.3.d} \
+	     {readelf {--dyn-syms --wide} pr22983.4.d}} \
 	    "pr22983" \
 	] \
     ]
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.1.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ab19f8145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.1.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
+ +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
+#...
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +OBJECT +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +_?var_attr_used_enabled
+#pass
+
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.2.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.2.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f1e6c88e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.2.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
+ +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
+#...
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +OBJECT +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +_?var_attr_used_disabled
+#pass
+
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.3.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.3.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bb4f2a4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.3.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
+ +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
+#...
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +FUNC +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +_?func_attr_used_enabled
+#pass
+
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.4.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.4.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..655f824db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr22983.4.d
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
+ +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
+#...
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +FUNC +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +_?func_attr_used_disabled
+#pass