diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 24201ff227..90fd0ab1b7 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Feb 28 17:42:27 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* ldmain.c (main): Call bfd_set_default_target.
+	* Makefile.in (ldmain.o): Define TARGET when compiling.
+
 Thu Feb 27 11:41:03 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
 	* ldmain.c (main): Don't initialize link_info.lprefix or
diff --git a/ld/Makefile.in b/ld/Makefile.in
index 0f84f70e85..5ee80a9692 100644
--- a/ld/Makefile.in
+++ b/ld/Makefile.in
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ ldgram.c: ldgram.y
 ldgram.h: ldgram.c
 
 ldmain.o: ldmain.c config.status
-	$(CC) -c -DDEFAULT_EMULATION='"$(EMUL)"' -DSCRIPTDIR='"$(scriptdir)"' $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
+	$(CC) -c -DDEFAULT_EMULATION='"$(EMUL)"' -DSCRIPTDIR='"$(scriptdir)"' -DTARGET='"@target@"' $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
 
 ldemul-list.h: Makefile
 	(echo "/* This file is automatically generated.  DO NOT EDIT! */";\