diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2d2018bb16..aea449753c 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Mon Jan 20 10:39:36 1997  J.T. Conklin  <jtc@cygnus.com>
 
 Mon Jan 20 12:42:06 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* config/tc-mips.c (md_begin): Don't set SEC_ALLOC or SEC_LOAD for
+	the .reginfo or .MIPS.options section if configured for an
+	embedded target.
+
 	* config/tc-mips.c (md_begin): Don't set interlocks for
 	mips_4650.
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 1160d137d4..961c4349f5 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -943,20 +943,25 @@ md_begin ()
       {
 	segT seg;
 	subsegT subseg;
+	flagword flags;
 	segT sec;
 
 	seg = now_seg;
 	subseg = now_subseg;
 
+	/* The ABI says this section should be loaded so that the
+	   running program can access it.  However, we don't load it
+	   if we are configured for an embedded target */
+	flags = SEC_READONLY | SEC_DATA;
+	if (strcmp (TARGET_OS, "elf") != 0)
+	  flags |= SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD;
+
 	if (! mips_64)
 	  {
 	    sec = subseg_new (".reginfo", (subsegT) 0);
 
-	    /* The ABI says this section should be loaded so that the
-	       running program can access it.  */
-	    (void) bfd_set_section_flags (stdoutput, sec,
-					  (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD
-					   | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DATA));
+
+	    (void) bfd_set_section_flags (stdoutput, sec, flags);
 	    (void) bfd_set_section_alignment (stdoutput, sec, 2);
 	
 #ifdef OBJ_ELF
@@ -968,9 +973,7 @@ md_begin ()
 	    /* The 64-bit ABI uses a .MIPS.options section rather than
                .reginfo section.  */
 	    sec = subseg_new (".MIPS.options", (subsegT) 0);
-	    (void) bfd_set_section_flags (stdoutput, sec,
-					  (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD
-					   | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DATA));
+	    (void) bfd_set_section_flags (stdoutput, sec, flags);
 	    (void) bfd_set_section_alignment (stdoutput, sec, 3);
 
 #ifdef OBJ_ELF