diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index adf62f808a..78bf35a926 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Sep  8 15:09:17 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
+
+	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_section): Set SEC_LOAD when using
+	default flag values.
+
 Tue Sep  7 10:22:52 1993  Stan Shebs  (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
 
 	* read.c: (change_to_section): Don't include body if not MANY_SECTIONS.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index 9914db5b56..1f5d66fbdc 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ obj_elf_section (xxx)
       input_line_pointer = p;
     }
   if (!strcmp (string, ".rodata"))
-    default_flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_READONLY | SEC_RELOC;
+    default_flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_READONLY | SEC_RELOC | SEC_LOAD;
   else if (!strcmp (string, ".init")
 	   || !strcmp (string, ".fini"))
-    default_flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_READONLY | SEC_RELOC | SEC_CODE;
+    default_flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_READONLY | SEC_RELOC | SEC_CODE | SEC_LOAD;
 
   SKIP_WHITESPACE ();
   if (*input_line_pointer != ',')