diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 57055852d9..4806e9ccf1 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-30  Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram at wuli dot nu>
+
+	* readelf.c (dump_section): Do not dump the contents of SHT_NOBITS
+	sections - they have no file space assigned to their contents.
+
 2003-10-28  Segher Boessenkool  <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
 
 	* readelf.c (dump_section): Don't display DEL characters.
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 629db76a7b..fb8d80f837 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -6055,7 +6055,7 @@ dump_section (Elf_Internal_Shdr *section, FILE *file)
 
   bytes = section->sh_size;
 
-  if (bytes == 0)
+  if (bytes == 0 || section->sh_type == SHT_NOBITS)
     {
       printf (_("\nSection '%s' has no data to dump.\n"),
 	      SECTION_NAME (section));