diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index aac749cada..01a281c968 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-05-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* configure.tgt (ac_default_ld_textrel_check): Set to if unset
+	for Linux/x86 targets.
+
 2020-05-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/20824
diff --git a/ld/configure.tgt b/ld/configure.tgt
index 0b6ee8bc87..c166da885b 100644
--- a/ld/configure.tgt
+++ b/ld/configure.tgt
@@ -1116,11 +1116,14 @@ frv-*-* | hppa*-*-* | ia64-*-* | mips*-*-*)
   ;;
 esac
 
-# Enable -z separate-code by default for Linux/x86.
+# Enable -z separate-code and --warn-textrel by default for Linux/x86.
 case "${target}" in
 i[3-7]86-*-linux-* | x86_64-*-linux-*)
   if test ${ac_default_ld_z_separate_code} = unset; then
     ac_default_ld_z_separate_code=1
   fi
+  if test ${ac_default_ld_textrel_check} = unset; then
+    ac_default_ld_textrel_check=yes
+  fi
   ;;
 esac