diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e56e9743917..d889d1955b6 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* varasm.c (default_asm_output_anchor): Prepend * to . symbol in
+	order to prevent it from being munged by the target.
+
 2007-02-15  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
 
 	* config/i386/i386.md: Remove misleading comment.
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 48aba4e4a16..cc83623097f 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -6098,7 +6098,7 @@ default_asm_output_anchor (rtx symbol)
 {
   char buffer[100];
 
-  sprintf (buffer, ". + " HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_DEC,
+  sprintf (buffer, "*. + " HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_DEC,
 	   SYMBOL_REF_BLOCK_OFFSET (symbol));
   ASM_OUTPUT_DEF (asm_out_file, XSTR (symbol, 0), buffer);
 }