diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 0222d32310..c8e23bab21 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-11-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf32-spu.c (ovl_mgr_stat): New function.
+	(spu_elf_open_builtin_lib): Pass to bfd_openr_iovec.
+
 2014-11-03  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
 	* elf32-avr.c (elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes): During linker
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-spu.c b/bfd/elf32-spu.c
index 13806ad1bd..ebc9e6a0d0 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-spu.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-spu.c
@@ -1828,6 +1828,18 @@ ovl_mgr_pread (struct bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   return count;
 }
 
+static int
+ovl_mgr_stat (struct bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+	      void *stream,
+	      struct stat *sb)
+{
+  struct _ovl_stream *os = (struct _ovl_stream *) stream;
+
+  memset (sb, 0, sizeof (*sb));
+  sb->st_size = (const char *) os->end - (const char *) os->start;
+  return 0;
+}
+
 bfd_boolean
 spu_elf_open_builtin_lib (bfd **ovl_bfd, const struct _ovl_stream *stream)
 {
@@ -1837,7 +1849,7 @@ spu_elf_open_builtin_lib (bfd **ovl_bfd, const struct _ovl_stream *stream)
 			      (void *) stream,
 			      ovl_mgr_pread,
 			      NULL,
-			      NULL);
+			      ovl_mgr_stat);
   return *ovl_bfd != NULL;
 }