diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f1d586971e0..a3994292e6c 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-03-20  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
+
+	* config/xtensa/xtensa.h (ASM_OUTPUT_POOL_PROLOGUE): Emit a
+	".literal_position" directive before the constant pool.
+
 2002-03-20  Gerald Pfeifer  <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
 
 	* doc/contrib.texi (Contributors): Update Geoffrey Keating.
diff --git a/gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa.h b/gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa.h
index 4cd86163f00..0c7646b541c 100644
--- a/gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa.h
+++ b/gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa.h
@@ -1668,7 +1668,10 @@ typedef struct xtensa_args {
 		 strcmp (fnsectname, ".text") ? fnsectname : "");	\
       }									\
     if ((SIZE) > 0)							\
-      function_section (FUNDECL);  					\
+      {									\
+	function_section (FUNDECL);  					\
+	fprintf (FILE, "\t.literal_position\n");			\
+      }									\
   } while (0)