diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index ed6a6212b2e..25fb409473d 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-03-09  Jason Merrill  <jason@casey.cygnus.com>
+
+	* varasm.c (make_decl_rtl): Skip initial '*' when setting
+	DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME.
+
 2000-03-09  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
 	* config/mips/linux.h (NO_IMPLICIT_EXTERN_C): Define.
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 7805c1d4c22..18b6487221d 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ make_decl_rtl (decl, asmspec, top_level)
 	      name = new_name;
 	    }
 
-	  DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl) = get_identifier (name);
+	  DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl)
+	    = get_identifier (name[0] == '*' ? name + 1 : name);
 	  DECL_RTL (decl) = gen_rtx_MEM (DECL_MODE (decl),
 					 gen_rtx_SYMBOL_REF (Pmode, name));
 	  MEM_ALIAS_SET (DECL_RTL (decl)) = get_alias_set (decl);