diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index ca18ffa018c..e5de657c677 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-04-20  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+	* config/alpha/vms.h (LINK_SPEC): Do not use vms-dwarf2.o for gnu-ld.
+
 2011-04-20  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
 
 	PR target/18145
diff --git a/gcc/config/alpha/vms.h b/gcc/config/alpha/vms.h
index 41a2cde8526..4d1d34b7939 100644
--- a/gcc/config/alpha/vms.h
+++ b/gcc/config/alpha/vms.h
@@ -329,11 +329,16 @@ do {                                                \
     }                                               \
 } while (0)
 
+#undef LINK_SPEC
+#if HAVE_GNU_LD
+/* GNU-ld built-in linker script already handles the dwarf2 debug sections.  */
+#define LINK_SPEC "%{shared} %{v}"
+#else
 /* Link with vms-dwarf2.o if -g (except -g0). This causes the
    VMS link to pull all the dwarf2 debug sections together.  */
-#undef LINK_SPEC
 #define LINK_SPEC "%{g:-g vms-dwarf2.o%s} %{g0} %{g1:-g1 vms-dwarf2.o%s} \
 %{g2:-g2 vms-dwarf2.o%s} %{g3:-g3 vms-dwarf2.o%s} %{shared} %{v} %{map}"
+#endif
 
 #undef STARTFILE_SPEC
 #define STARTFILE_SPEC \