diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 47b9f573ea..4e48da1c0a 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-04-01  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
+
+	* config/tc-i386.c (s_bss): Call obj_elf_section_change_hook.
+
 2005-04-01  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
 
 	* config/tc-i386.c (md_apply_fix3): Also handle BFD_RELOC_X86_64_32S.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-i386.c b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
index 80f430e4b6..183e244a25 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-i386.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
@@ -5307,6 +5307,10 @@ s_bss (ignore)
 {
   int temp;
 
+#if defined (OBJ_ELF) || defined (OBJ_MAYBE_ELF)
+  if (IS_ELF)
+    obj_elf_section_change_hook ();
+#endif
   temp = get_absolute_expression ();
   subseg_set (bss_section, (subsegT) temp);
   demand_empty_rest_of_line ();
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 239bb8c6f6..83910b3fbe 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-01  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
+
+	* gas/i386/bss.[sd]: New.
+	* gas/i386/i386.exp: Run new test.
+
 2005-04-01  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@novell.com>
 	* gas/i386/x86-64-pcrel.[sd]: New.
 	* gas/i386/i386.exp: Run new test.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/bss.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/bss.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba7493032c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/bss.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#objdump: -s
+#name: i386 .bss
+
+.*: +file format .*
+
+Contents of section \.other:
+ 0000 0102 .*
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/bss.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/bss.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3f1326662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/bss.s
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ .data
+ .section .other, "a", @progbits
+ .byte 1
+ .bss
+ .skip 1
+ .previous
+ .byte 2
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp
index 8c455677df..310edd17eb 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ if [expr ([istarget "i*86-*-*"] ||  [istarget "x86_64-*-*"]) && [gas_32_check]]
 	run_dump_test "tlsd"
 	run_dump_test "tlspic"
 	run_dump_test "tlsnopic"
+	run_dump_test "bss"
     }
 
     # This is a PE specific test.