diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 144e6c9cebe..5ecdd9f0dde 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-16  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/rs6000/netbsd.h (PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE): Set to
+	DBX_DEBUG.
+
 2002-02-16  John David Anglin  <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>
 
 	* pa/t-pa, pa/t-pro, som.h: Revert last patch.
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/netbsd.h b/gcc/config/rs6000/netbsd.h
index 0e58a45bb35..95f654213cd 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/netbsd.h
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/netbsd.h
@@ -64,3 +64,8 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
    structure return convention.  */
 #undef DRAFT_V4_STRUCT_RET
 #define DRAFT_V4_STRUCT_RET 1
+
+/* Use STABS debugging information by default.  DWARF2 makes a mess of
+   the 1.5.2 linker.  */
+#undef  PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE
+#define PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE DBX_DEBUG