diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 6fd67f4783..96fde760ea 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Mon Jun 13 15:46:09 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
 
+	* ldfile.c (open_a): If this is not an archive, try to open it in
+	the current directory before searching for it.
+
 	* lexsup.c (parse_args): Treat -i as a synonym for -r.
 
 	* ldgram.y (exp): Treat BLOCK as a synonym for ALIGN, so that
diff --git a/ld/ldfile.c b/ld/ldfile.c
index 5cc3bef4bc..f084d36a83 100644
--- a/ld/ldfile.c
+++ b/ld/ldfile.c
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ open_a(arch, entry, lib, suffix)
 {
   bfd*desc;
   search_dirs_type *search ;
+
+  /* If this is not an archive, try to open it in the current
+     directory first.  */
+  if (! entry->is_archive)
+    {
+      desc = cached_bfd_openr (entry->filename, entry);
+      if (desc != NULL)
+	return desc;
+    }
+
   for (search = search_head;
        search != (search_dirs_type *)NULL;
        search = search->next)