diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 2ecc1e0558..5b4cb586f5 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2016-04-08  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* gdb.server/solib-list.exp: Remove is_remote check.
+	Pass shlib= to gdb_compile.  Don't link shared library with
+	-soname.  Call gdb_remote_download instead of gdb_load_shlibs.
+	Run binary filename through "readlink -f" on the target.
+
 2016-04-08  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.server/solib-list.exp: Don't use gdb_load.  Instead pass the
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/solib-list.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/solib-list.exp
index 9d5cdcc9d8..f60dcb8dee 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/solib-list.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/solib-list.exp
@@ -27,22 +27,13 @@ if {[skip_gdbserver_tests] || [skip_shlib_tests]} {
     return
 }
 
-# This test case (currently) does not support remote targets, since it
-# assumes the ELF interpreter can be found on the host system
-if [is_remote target] then {
-    return
-}
-
 standard_testfile solib-list-main.c
 set srclibfile ${testfile}-lib.c
 set binlibfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}.so]
-set executable ${testfile}
-set objfile ${binfile}.o
 
 if { [get_compiler_info]
-     || [gdb_compile_shlib "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srclibfile}" "${binlibfile}" [list debug ldflags=-Wl,-soname,${binlibfile}]] != ""
-     || [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${objfile}" object {debug}] != ""
-     || [gdb_compile "${objfile} ${binlibfile}" "${binfile}" executable {}] != "" } {
+     || [gdb_compile_shlib "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srclibfile}" "${binlibfile}" {debug}] != ""
+     || [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable "shlib=${binlibfile}"] != "" } {
     untested "could not compile sources"
     return -1
 }
@@ -57,9 +48,17 @@ foreach nonstop { 0 1 } { with_test_prefix "non-stop $nonstop" {
     gdb_exit
     gdb_start
     gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
-    gdb_load_shlibs ${binfile}
     gdb_load_shlibs ${binlibfile}
 
+    set remote_binfile [gdb_remote_download target $binfile]
+
+    # When testing remote, the file path we receive may be only the file name,
+    # "solib-list".  ld-linux doesn't seem to be able to find the file when
+    # passing just the file name, it wants either the absolute path or a
+    # relative path with at least one directory component.  Calling readlink on
+    # the target to get the full path will make it happy.
+    set remote_binfile [lindex [remote_exec target "readlink -f $remote_binfile"] 1]
+
     # Make sure we're disconnected, in case we're testing with an
     # extended-remote board, therefore already connected.
     gdb_test "disconnect" ".*"
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ foreach nonstop { 0 1 } { with_test_prefix "non-stop $nonstop" {
     # argument here, instead of using gdb_load, because we don't want
     # to download the interpreter to the target (it's already there)
     # or to the test output directory.
-    set res [gdbserver_spawn "${interp_system} ${binfile}"]
+    set res [gdbserver_spawn "${interp_system} ${remote_binfile}"]
     set gdbserver_protocol [lindex $res 0]
     set gdbserver_gdbport [lindex $res 1]