diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 195eabc4c6..c5086ea7de 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+001-04-01  David O'Brien  <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
+
+	* ld-selective/selective.exp: Use -O with gcc rather than -O2.
+	This optimization level is buggy on some platforms, and this test
+	is not intended to test compiler optimizations.
+
 2001-03-06  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
 
 	* ld-scripts/cross2.t: Support any type of text/data sections, not
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp
index 98bc9c6481..dd285481dd 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ set seltests {
   {selective6 C++ 5.cc {} {} {foo__1B foo__1A dropme1__Fv dropme2__Fv} {*-*-*}}
 }
 
-set cflags "-w -O2 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections"
+set cflags "-w -O -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections"
 set cxxflags "-fvtable-gc -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti"
 set ldflags "--gc-sections -Bstatic"