diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 4f60f93fd30..88b0d786adc 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-08-08  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+	* binutils-all/strip-12.s: Use ".section .bss" instead of ".bss"
+	which isn't supported by all ELF targets.
+
 2015-08-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR binutils/18785
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/strip-12.s b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/strip-12.s
index 46b729f9a23..020cecc8950 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/strip-12.s
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/strip-12.s
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.bss
+	.section	.bss
 	.space 8
 	.section	.debug_str,"MS",%progbits,1
 	.string	""