diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1d9600aaa76..2c19e94164e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2015-10-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	Sync with binutils-gdb:
+	2015-10-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR gas/19109
+	* configure.ac: Add
+	--enable-compressed-debug-sections={all,gas,gold,ld}.
+	* configure: Regenerated.
+
 2015-10-16  Arnaud Charlet  <charlet@adacore.com>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Update list of Ada maintainers and email addresses.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eca5e6f747d..f66f42474d4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ enable_as_accelerator_for
 enable_offload_targets
 enable_gold
 enable_ld
+enable_compressed_debug_sections
 enable_libquadmath
 enable_libquadmath_support
 enable_libada
@@ -1476,6 +1477,9 @@ Optional Features:
                           offload target compiler during the build
   --enable-gold[=ARG]     build gold [ARG={default,yes,no}]
   --enable-ld[=ARG]       build ld [ARG={default,yes,no}]
+  --enable-compressed-debug-sections={all,gas,gold,ld}
+                          Enable compressed debug sections for gas, gold or ld
+                          by default
   --disable-libquadmath   do not build libquadmath directory
   --disable-libquadmath-support
                           disable libquadmath support for Fortran
@@ -3013,6 +3017,21 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: neither ld nor gold are enabled" >&2;}
     ;;
 esac
 
+# PR gas/19109
+# Decide the default method for compressing debug sections.
+# Provide a configure time option to override our default.
+# Check whether --enable-compressed_debug_sections was given.
+if test "${enable_compressed_debug_sections+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_compressed_debug_sections;
+  if test x"$enable_compressed_debug_sections" = xyes; then
+    as_fn_error "no program with compressed debug sections specified" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+
+else
+  enable_compressed_debug_sections=
+fi
+
+
 # Configure extra directories which are host specific
 
 case "${host}" in
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 92412618916..cb6ca24458d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -393,6 +393,19 @@ case "${ENABLE_LD}" in
     ;;
 esac
 
+# PR gas/19109
+# Decide the default method for compressing debug sections.
+# Provide a configure time option to override our default.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(compressed_debug_sections,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-compressed-debug-sections={all,gas,gold,ld}],
+		[Enable compressed debug sections for gas, gold or ld by
+		 default])],
+[
+  if test x"$enable_compressed_debug_sections" = xyes; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([no program with compressed debug sections specified])
+  fi
+], [enable_compressed_debug_sections=])
+
 # Configure extra directories which are host specific
 
 case "${host}" in