diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 3f68528bf5..75574a7fc5 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-01-19  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
+
+	* dwarf2.c (read_attribute_value): Add DW_FORM_ref_sig8.
+
 2010-01-19  Daisuke Hatayama  <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com>
 	    Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/bfd/dwarf2.c b/bfd/dwarf2.c
index baac75219a..89d9f4b01d 100644
--- a/bfd/dwarf2.c
+++ b/bfd/dwarf2.c
@@ -858,6 +858,10 @@ read_attribute_value (struct attribute *attr,
       attr->u.val = read_8_bytes (abfd, info_ptr);
       info_ptr += 8;
       break;
+    case DW_FORM_ref_sig8:
+      attr->u.val = read_8_bytes (abfd, info_ptr);
+      info_ptr += 8;
+      break;
     case DW_FORM_ref_udata:
       attr->u.val = read_unsigned_leb128 (abfd, info_ptr, &bytes_read);
       info_ptr += bytes_read;