diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f3efe7a26dd..969ed8d37e3 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-01-29  Jeffrey Oldham  <oldham@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* config/mips/iris6.h (SUPPORTS_INIT_PRIORITY): Revise definition
+	to use flag_gnu_linker.
+
 2001-01-29  Neil Booth  <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>
 
         * cpplib.c (T_BAD_DIRECTIVE): Remove.
diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/iris6.h b/gcc/config/mips/iris6.h
index b7a6f8f64e3..cd1616ab34d 100644
--- a/gcc/config/mips/iris6.h
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/iris6.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
 /* Irix assembler does not support the init_priority C++ attribute.  */
 #undef SUPPORTS_INIT_PRIORITY
-#define SUPPORTS_INIT_PRIORITY 0
+#define SUPPORTS_INIT_PRIORITY (!flag_gnu_linker)
 
 #define POPSECTION_ASM_OP	"\t.popsection"