diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 155888337d..e48165e427 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-03-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR ld/11413
+	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol): Check !executable
+	instead of shared.
+
 2010-03-19  Jie Zhang  <jie@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* elf32-arm.c (struct section_list): Remove.
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 8f6b5f4405..98ea753579 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ _bfd_elf_add_default_symbol (bfd *abfd,
 	{
 	  if (! dynamic)
 	    {
-	      if (info->shared
+	      if (! info->executable
 		  || hi->ref_dynamic)
 		*dynsym = TRUE;
 	    }
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ nondefault:
 	    {
 	      if (! dynamic)
 		{
-		  if (info->shared
+		  if (! info->executable
 		      || hi->ref_dynamic)
 		    *dynsym = TRUE;
 		}