diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 82dd6139764..050120a4c65 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-09-19  Olivier Hainque  <hainque@adacore.com>
+
+	* varasm.c (default_section_type_flags): Flag .persistent.bss
+	sections as SECTION_BSS.
+
 2014-09-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* config/rl78/rl78.c (rl78_expand_epilogue): Generate a USE of the
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 62a6b0f0c48..111c6578c5f 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -6063,6 +6063,7 @@ default_section_type_flags (tree decl, const char *name, int reloc)
   if (strcmp (name, ".bss") == 0
       || strncmp (name, ".bss.", 5) == 0
       || strncmp (name, ".gnu.linkonce.b.", 16) == 0
+      || strcmp (name, ".persistent.bss") == 0
       || strcmp (name, ".sbss") == 0
       || strncmp (name, ".sbss.", 6) == 0
       || strncmp (name, ".gnu.linkonce.sb.", 17) == 0)