diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b9d412cf39..2783ba6a70 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-13  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
+
+	* ppc-linux-tdep.c (ppc_linux_init_abi): Set PPC64's
+	"name_of_malloc" to ".malloc".
+
 2003-11-13  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
 
 	* config/i386/x86-64linux.mt (TDEPFILES): Add glibc-tdep.o.
diff --git a/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
index 2be994360b..a0bb7607f0 100644
--- a/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,9 @@ ppc_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info info,
       set_gdbarch_in_solib_call_trampoline
         (gdbarch, ppc64_in_solib_call_trampoline);
       set_gdbarch_skip_trampoline_code (gdbarch, ppc64_skip_trampoline_code);
+
+      /* PPC64 malloc's entry-point is called ".malloc".  */
+      set_gdbarch_name_of_malloc (gdbarch, ".malloc");
     }
 }