diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index ebee9f292f..1b8a0acbb2 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 13227
+	* symtab.cc (Symbol_table::add_from_relobj): Warn on __gnu_lto_slim.
+
 2014-07-21  Sriraman Tallam  <tmsriram@google.com>
 
 	* object.cc (Relobj::is_section_name_included): Add
diff --git a/gold/symtab.cc b/gold/symtab.cc
index b329bb612c..210ab25927 100644
--- a/gold/symtab.cc
+++ b/gold/symtab.cc
@@ -1133,6 +1133,10 @@ Symbol_table::add_from_relobj(
 
       const char* name = sym_names + st_name;
 
+      if (strcmp (name, "__gnu_lto_slim") == 0)
+        gold_info(_("%s: plugin needed to handle lto object"),
+		  relobj->name().c_str());
+
       bool is_ordinary;
       unsigned int st_shndx = relobj->adjust_sym_shndx(i + symndx_offset,
 						       sym.get_st_shndx(),