diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 71a0fd55e4..c57ed0614f 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-10-11  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
+
+	* options.h (class General_options): Redefine -z lazy as an alias for
+	the negation of -z now.
+
 2010-10-11  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 
 	* resolve.cc (symbol_to_bits): Report the value of the unsupported
diff --git a/gold/options.h b/gold/options.h
index c990961465..59e22672a5 100644
--- a/gold/options.h
+++ b/gold/options.h
@@ -1097,9 +1097,9 @@ class General_options
   DEFINE_bool(interpose, options::DASH_Z, '\0', false,
 	      N_("Mark object to interpose all DSOs but executable"),
 	      NULL);
-  DEFINE_bool(lazy, options::DASH_Z, '\0', false,
-	      N_("Mark object for lazy runtime binding (default)"),
-	      NULL);
+  DEFINE_bool_alias(lazy, now, options::DASH_Z, '\0',
+		    N_("Mark object for lazy runtime binding (default)"),
+		    NULL, true);
   DEFINE_bool(loadfltr, options::DASH_Z, '\0', false,
 	      N_("Mark object requiring immediate process"),
 	      NULL);