diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 35535ebb9f..8e61f353ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-12-02  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* elf/tst-unique4lib.cc (b): Mark with __attribute__ ((used)).
+
 2014-12-02  Adhemerval Zanella  <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/Makefile [sysdep_routines]:
diff --git a/elf/tst-unique4lib.cc b/elf/tst-unique4lib.cc
index c9fdf9cfea..20a10e93d0 100644
--- a/elf/tst-unique4lib.cc
+++ b/elf/tst-unique4lib.cc
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ static int a[24] =
     S<23>::i, S<24>::i
   };
 
-static int b = S<1>::j;
+static int b __attribute__ ((used)) = S<1>::j;