diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 32e95b16239..c60e555c0b1 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* config/rs6000/sysv4.h (ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_LOCAL): Output type
+	directive.
+
 2003-01-13  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@cs.umass.edu>
 
 	* config/h8300/h8300.md (*andsi3_lshift_n_sb): New.
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h b/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h
index b10649d904a..b5a7f7b966c 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/sysv4.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Target definitions for GNU compiler for PowerPC running System V.4
-   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
+   Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Cygnus Support.
 
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ do {									\
       assemble_name ((FILE), (NAME));					\
       fprintf ((FILE), ",%u,%u\n", (SIZE), (ALIGN) / BITS_PER_UNIT);	\
     }									\
+  ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE (FILE, NAME, "object");			\
 } while (0)
 
 /* Describe how to emit uninitialized external linkage items.  */