diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 7f222bd317..976a492584 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Oct  5 14:07:37 1992  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
+
+	* aout.sc-sh, m68kcoff.sc-sh: set __bss_start to the start of the
+	.bss segment.
+
 Mon Oct  5 08:55:14 1992  Steve Chamberlain  (sac@thepub.cygnus.com)
 
 	* ldmain.c (linear_library): don't even think about processing 
diff --git a/ld/aout.sc-sh b/ld/aout.sc-sh
index 7fcea058d0..5a5bd24538 100755
--- a/ld/aout.sc-sh
+++ b/ld/aout.sc-sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SECTIONS
   }
   .bss ${RELOCATING+SIZEOF(.data) + ADDR(.data)} :
   {
+    ${RELOCATING+ __bss_start = .};
    *(.bss)
    *(COMMON)
    ${RELOCATING+_end = . };
diff --git a/ld/m68kcoff.sc-sh b/ld/m68kcoff.sc-sh
index 485f3bb8ed..393688fcfb 100644
--- a/ld/m68kcoff.sc-sh
+++ b/ld/m68kcoff.sc-sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SECTIONS
   } ${RELOCATING+ > data}
   .bss   SIZEOF(.data) + ADDR(.data) :
   { 					
+    ${RELOCATING+ __bss_start = .};
    *(.bss)
    *(COMMON)
      ${RELOCATING+ _end = ALIGN(0x8)};