diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 13243ce7a6..50f7cd98f6 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+2016-07-14  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.h (TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_ABS): New macro.
+	(mips_force_relocation_abs): New prototype.
+	* config/tc-mips.c (mips_force_relocation_abs): New function.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute.d: Adjust dump patterns.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute.d: Likewise.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n32.d: Likewise.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n64.d: Likewise.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n32.d:
+	Likewise.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n64.d:
+	Likewise.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute-addend.d: New test.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute-addend.d: New test.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend.d: New
+	test.
+	* testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp: Run the new tests.
+
 2016-07-14  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (md_apply_fix) <BFD_RELOC_MIPS16_16_PCREL_S1>
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 6c0be63d64..cca545052d 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -14814,6 +14814,22 @@ mips_force_relocation (fixS *fixp)
   return 0;
 }
 
+/* Implement TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_ABS.  */
+
+bfd_boolean
+mips_force_relocation_abs (fixS *fixp)
+{
+  if (generic_force_reloc (fixp))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* These relocations do not have enough bits in the in-place addend
+     to hold an arbitrary absolute section's offset.  */
+  if (HAVE_IN_PLACE_ADDENDS && limited_pcrel_reloc_p (fixp->fx_r_type))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 /* Read the instruction associated with RELOC from BUF.  */
 
 static unsigned int
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.h b/gas/config/tc-mips.h
index 45e779d392..b4726730d7 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.h
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ extern int mips_force_relocation (struct fix *);
 #define TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_SUB_SAME(FIX, SEG) \
   (! SEG_NORMAL (SEG) || mips_force_relocation (FIX))
 
+#define TC_FORCE_RELOCATION_ABS(FIX) mips_force_relocation_abs (FIX)
+extern bfd_boolean mips_force_relocation_abs (struct fix *);
+
 /* Register mask variables.  These are set by the MIPS assembly code
    and used by ECOFF and possibly other object file formats.  */
 extern unsigned long mips_gprmask;
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute-addend.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute-addend.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df868468ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute-addend.d
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#objdump: -dr --prefix-addresses --show-raw-insn
+#name: MIPS branch to absolute expression with addend
+#as: -32
+
+.*: +file format .*mips.*
+
+Disassembly of section \.text:
+	\.\.\.
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1000048c 	b	00002234 <foo\+0x1234>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0411048c 	bal	0000223c <foo\+0x123c>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0410048c 	bltzal	zero,00002244 <foo\+0x1244>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1040048c 	beqz	v0,0000224c <foo\+0x124c>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1440048c 	bnez	v0,00002254 <foo\+0x1254>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
+	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute.d
index 37e7fc558f..816c139e77 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/branch-absolute.d
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 
 Disassembly of section \.text:
 	\.\.\.
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1000048c 	b	00002234 <bar\+0x1000>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	\*ABS\*
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1000ffff 	b	00001000 <foo>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0411048c 	bal	0000223c <bar\+0x1008>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	\*ABS\*
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0411ffff 	bal	00001008 <foo\+0x8>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0410048c 	bltzal	zero,00002244 <bar\+0x1010>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	\*ABS\*
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0410ffff 	bltzal	zero,00001010 <foo\+0x10>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1040048c 	beqz	v0,0000224c <bar\+0x1018>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	\*ABS\*
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1040ffff 	beqz	v0,00001018 <foo\+0x18>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1440048c 	bnez	v0,00002254 <bar\+0x1020>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	\*ABS\*
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 1440ffff 	bnez	v0,00001020 <foo\+0x20>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_PC16	bar
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 00000000 	nop
 	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n32.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n32.d
index b5254be5c5..4f630f0ccb 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n32.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n32.d
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
 Disassembly of section \.text:
 	\.\.\.
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9400 0000 	b	00001004 <foo\+0x4>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4060 0000 	bal	0000100a <foo\+0xa>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4020 0000 	bltzal	zero,00001012 <foo\+0x12>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9402 0000 	beqz	v0,0000101a <foo\+0x1a>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> b402 0000 	bnez	v0,00001020 <foo\+0x20>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n64.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n64.d
index a66a4ff2c7..0e14396be1 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n64.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n64.d
@@ -8,29 +8,29 @@
 Disassembly of section \.text:
 	\.\.\.
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9400 0000 	b	0000000000001004 <foo\+0x4>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4060 0000 	bal	000000000000100a <foo\+0xa>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4020 0000 	bltzal	zero,0000000000001012 <foo\+0x12>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9402 0000 	beqz	v0,000000000000101a <foo\+0x1a>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> b402 0000 	bnez	v0,0000000000001020 <foo\+0x20>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1230
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x123468a9
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..316adadbfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-addend.d
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#objdump: -dr --prefix-addresses --show-raw-insn
+#name: microMIPS branch to absolute expression with addend
+#as: -32
+
+.*: +file format .*mips.*
+
+Disassembly of section \.text:
+	\.\.\.
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9400 0918 	b	00002234 <foo\+0x1234>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4060 0918 	bal	0000223a <foo\+0x123a>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4020 0918 	bltzal	zero,00002242 <foo\+0x1242>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9402 0918 	beqz	v0,0000224a <foo\+0x124a>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> b402 0918 	bnez	v0,00002250 <foo\+0x1250>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
+	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n32.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n32.d
index 85205ac0fd..212caaaad1 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n32.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n32.d
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
 Disassembly of section \.text:
 	\.\.\.
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9400 0000 	b	00001004 <foo\+0x4>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4060 0000 	bal	0000100a <foo\+0xa>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4020 0000 	bltzal	zero,00001012 <foo\+0x12>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9402 0000 	beqz	v0,0000101a <foo\+0x1a>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> b402 0000 	bnez	v0,00001020 <foo\+0x20>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n64.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n64.d
index 453d6501af..443ef50da6 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n64.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/micromips-branch-absolute-n64.d
@@ -8,29 +8,29 @@
 Disassembly of section \.text:
 	\.\.\.
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9400 0000 	b	0000000000001004 <foo\+0x4>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4060 0000 	bal	000000000000100a <foo\+0xa>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 4020 0000 	bltzal	zero,0000000000001012 <foo\+0x12>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0000 0000 	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 9402 0000 	beqz	v0,000000000000101a <foo\+0x1a>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> b402 0000 	bnez	v0,0000000000001020 <foo\+0x20>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	bar-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*-0x4
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MICROMIPS_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS_NONE	\*ABS\*\+0x1231
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 0c00      	nop
 	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp
index b22da6754b..8bdddbfba1 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ if { [istarget mips*-*-vxworks*] } {
 	run_dump_test "branch-local-n64-1"
     }
     run_dump_test "branch-absolute"
+    run_dump_test "branch-absolute-addend"
     if $has_newabi {
 	run_dump_test "branch-absolute-n32"
 	run_dump_test "branch-absolute-addend-n32"
@@ -1281,6 +1282,7 @@ if { [istarget mips*-*-vxworks*] } {
     run_dump_test "micromips-warn-branch-delay"
     run_dump_test "micromips-warn-branch-delay-1"
     run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute"
+    run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute-addend"
     if $has_newabi {
 	run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute-n32"
 	run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute-addend-n32"
@@ -1393,6 +1395,7 @@ if { [istarget mips*-*-vxworks*] } {
     run_dump_test "mips16-branch-addend-2"
     run_dump_test "mips16-branch-addend-3"
     run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute"
+    run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute-addend"
     if $has_newabi {
 	run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute-n32"
 	run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute-addend-n32"
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute-addend.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute-addend.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de64afb97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute-addend.d
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#objdump: -dr --prefix-addresses --show-raw-insn
+#name: MIPS16 branch to absolute expression with addend
+#as: -32
+
+.*: +file format .*mips.*
+
+Disassembly of section \.text:
+	\.\.\.
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 1018 	b	00002234 <foo\+0x1234>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 6018 	bteqz	00002238 <foo\+0x1238>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 6118 	btnez	0000223c <foo\+0x123c>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 2218 	beqz	v0,00002240 <foo\+0x1240>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 2a18 	bnez	v0,00002244 <foo\+0x1244>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 6500      	nop
+	\.\.\.
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute.d
index 4d2c9d31e2..68b3fb4e8d 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips16-branch-absolute.d
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 
 Disassembly of section \.text:
 	\.\.\.
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 1018 	b	00002234 <bar\+0xfff>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 6018 	bteqz	00002238 <bar\+0x1003>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 6118 	btnez	0000223c <bar\+0x1007>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 2218 	beqz	v0,00002240 <bar\+0x100b>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*
-[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f101 2a18 	bnez	v0,00002244 <bar\+0x100f>
-[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	\*ABS\*
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f7ff 101e 	b	00001000 <foo>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f7ff 601e 	bteqz	00001004 <foo\+0x4>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f7ff 611e 	btnez	00001008 <foo\+0x8>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f7ff 221e 	beqz	v0,0000100c <foo\+0xc>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
+[0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> f7ff 2a1e 	bnez	v0,00001010 <foo\+0x10>
+[ 	]*[0-9a-f]+: R_MIPS16_PC16_S1	bar
 [0-9a-f]+ <[^>]*> 6500      	nop
 	\.\.\.
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 1f8a499eec..250d076c4a 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2016-07-14  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp: Run
+	`branch-absolute-addend', `mips16-branch-absolute',
+	`mips16-branch-absolute-addend' and
+	`micromips-branch-absolute-addend'.
+
 2016-07-14  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips16-branch-absolute.d: New test.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp
index cca6695d2a..5c417c73e8 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ run_dump_test "mips16-1"
 run_dump_test "branch-misc-1"
 run_dump_test "branch-misc-2"
 run_dump_test "branch-absolute" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
+run_dump_test "branch-absolute-addend" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
 if $has_newabi {
     run_dump_test "branch-absolute-n32" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(n32)]]
     run_dump_test "branch-absolute-addend-n32" \
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ run_dump_test "mips16-branch-2" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
 run_dump_test "mips16-branch-3" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
 run_dump_test "mips16-branch-addend-2" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
 run_dump_test "mips16-branch-addend-3" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
+run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
+run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute-addend" \
+					[list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
 if $has_newabi {
     run_dump_test "mips16-branch-absolute-n32" \
 					[list [list ld $abi_ldflags(n32)]]
@@ -169,6 +173,8 @@ if $has_newabi {
 }
 
 run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute" [list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
+run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute-addend" \
+					[list [list ld $abi_ldflags(o32)]]
 if $has_newabi {
     run_dump_test "micromips-branch-absolute-n32" \
 					[list [list ld $abi_ldflags(n32)]]