diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 595555bcd0..718197b973 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-05-02  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
 
+	* config/obj-elf.h (ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS): Make single bit
+	field unsigned.
+
 	* sb.h (sb_list_vector): Move to sb.c.
 	* sb.c (free_list): Use type of sb_list_vector directly.
 	(sb_build): Fix off-by-one error in assertion about `size'.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.h b/gas/config/obj-elf.h
index 7ff9ef09aa..7070ac2b7c 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.h
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct elf_obj_sy
 #define OBJ_SYMFIELD_TYPE struct elf_obj_sy
 
 /* Symbol fields used by the ELF back end.  */
-#define ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS int local:1;
+#define ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS unsigned int local:1;
 
 /* Don't change this; change ELF_TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS instead.  */
 #ifndef TARGET_SYMBOL_FIELDS