diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 28dfa14d7c..f4dee9e01d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-12-12  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/bp-permanent.c: Define nop of or1k.
+
 2017-12-11  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.ada/variant_record_packed_array.exp: Adapt test to accept
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bp-permanent.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bp-permanent.c
index acd5be710b..d42aafa716 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bp-permanent.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bp-permanent.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #if defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)
 #define NOP asm("nopr 0")
+#elif defined(__or1k__)
+#define NOP asm("l.nop")
 #else
 #define NOP asm("nop")
 #endif