diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index c4f9fd92b9..5cd1d1712a 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Mon Jan 24 12:56:37 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
 
+	* ldlang.c (lookup_name): Set BFD GP size to -G argument value
+	after opening BFD.
+
 	* ldlang.c (relaxing): Removed global variable.
 	(lang_size_sections): If the canonical symbols have not already
 	been read in, read them in before relaxing.
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index 71a0388848..aacff4b704 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -800,6 +800,8 @@ lookup_name (name)
   else
     einfo ("%F%B: file not recognized: %E\n", search->the_bfd);
 
+  bfd_set_gp_size (search->the_bfd, g_switch_value);
+
   if (bfd_link_add_symbols (search->the_bfd, &link_info) == false)
     einfo ("%F%B: could not read symbols: %E\n", search->the_bfd);