diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cca825c95e..3a30271ced 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Fri Aug  9 09:12:11 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+Fri Aug  9 12:42:49 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+
+	* somread.c (som_symtab_read): Handle secondary definition
+	symbols (aka weak symbols).
 
 	* config/tm-hppa.h (EXTRACT_RETURN_VALUE): Fix thinko in
 	last change.
diff --git a/gdb/somread.c b/gdb/somread.c
index c2716da06d..ed0fe97699 100644
--- a/gdb/somread.c
+++ b/gdb/somread.c
@@ -282,11 +282,15 @@ som_symtab_read (abfd, objfile, section_offsets)
 
 	/* This can happen for common symbols when -E is passed to the
 	   final link.  No idea _why_ that would make the linker force
-	   common symbols to have an SS_UNSAT scope, but it does.  */
+	   common symbols to have an SS_UNSAT scope, but it does.
+
+	   This also happens for weak symbols, but their type is
+	   ST_DATA.  */
 	case SS_UNSAT:
 	  switch (bufp->symbol_type)
 	    {
 	      case ST_STORAGE:
+	      case ST_DATA:
 		symname = bufp->name.n_strx + stringtab;
 		bufp->symbol_value += data_offset;
 		ms_type = mst_data;