diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index fc4b1be195..3b3516ec23 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-02-19  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* ldlang.c (map_input_to_output_sections): Initialize sections
+	mentioned in a data statement expression.
+	(lang_do_assignments_1): Add data statement's expression's
+	section's vma.
+
 2004-02-18  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* ldgram.y (statement_anywhere): Add assert rule.
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index 487ee02b06..a25f5f300a 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -2098,10 +2098,14 @@ map_input_to_output_sections
 					target,
 					output_section_statement);
 	  break;
+	case lang_data_statement_enum:
+	  /* Make sure that any sections mentioned in the expression
+	     are initialized.  */
+	  exp_init_os (s->data_statement.exp);
+	  /* FALLTHROUGH */
 	case lang_fill_statement_enum:
 	case lang_input_section_enum:
 	case lang_object_symbols_statement_enum:
-	case lang_data_statement_enum:
 	case lang_reloc_statement_enum:
 	case lang_padding_statement_enum:
 	case lang_input_statement_enum:
@@ -3375,9 +3379,10 @@ lang_do_assignments_1
 	    value = exp_fold_tree (s->data_statement.exp,
 				   abs_output_section,
 				   lang_final_phase_enum, dot, &dot);
-	    s->data_statement.value = value.value;
 	    if (!value.valid_p)
 	      einfo (_("%F%P: invalid data statement\n"));
+	    s->data_statement.value
+	      = value.value + value.section->bfd_section->vma;
 	  }
 	  {
 	    unsigned int size;
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 282ee0c806..23e41a9526 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-02-19  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* ld-scripts/data.{s,t,d,exp}: New.
+
 2004-02-18  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* ld-scripts/assert.{s,t,exp}: New.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62846866c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.d
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#source: data.s
+#ld: -T data.t
+#objdump: -s -j .text
+
+.*:     file format .*
+
+Contents of section .text:
+ 1000 (0410)?0000(1004)? (0810)?0000(1008)? +........ *
+#pass
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cca01a92f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Test DATA STATEMENT in a linker script.
+# By Nathan Sidwell, CodeSourcery LLC
+#   Copyright 2004
+#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+run_dump_test data
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0517ffe829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.s
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#nothing here
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.t b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..359a02f64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/data.t
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text 0x1000 :
+   {
+     LONG (label)
+     label = .;
+     LONG (ADDR (.other))
+   }
+   .other : {}
+}