diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index a545765408..c20425b535 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-10-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.s,
+	* testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.d: New test.
+	* testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp: Run it.
+
 2019-10-07  Jozef Lawrynowicz  <jozef.l@mittosystems.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-msp430-elf/attr-gnu-main.s: New test.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f58a97973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.d
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#source: localgot.s
+#as: -mppc64
+#ld: -pie
+#readelf: -r
+
+Relocation section '\.rela\.dyn' at offset .* contains 1 entry:
+ +Offset +Info +Type.*
+.*_RELATIVE .*
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..600be56daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/localgot.s
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ .text
+ .global _start
+_start:
+x:
+ ld 3,x@got(2) # isn't correct for 32-bit, but hey this is just a testcase
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp
index bbd4813ebd..7634891a60 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ if [ supports_ppc64 ] then {
     run_dump_test "tlsie"
 }
 
+run_dump_test "localgot"
 run_dump_test "tlsldopt32"
 
 run_ld_link_tests $ppceabitests