diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 7b9a1f84cd..52324af755 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-07-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* ldlang.c (strip_excluded_output_sections): Don't ignore sections
+	with update_dot_tree.
+
 2007-07-12  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* scripttempl/pe.sc: Don't include .gcc_except_table and
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index 56edee80a1..ecc0dad964 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -3380,7 +3380,8 @@ strip_excluded_output_sections (void)
 	{
 	  /* We don't set bfd_section to NULL since bfd_section of the
 	     removed output section statement may still be used.  */
-	  if (!os->section_relative_symbol)
+	  if (!os->section_relative_symbol
+	      && !os->update_dot_tree)
 	    os->ignored = TRUE;
 	  output_section->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
 	  bfd_section_list_remove (output_bfd, output_section);