diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d198a01bd92..f1f83f7b68f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-07-01  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* elf64-x86-64.c (elf64_x86_64_relocate_section): Only convert
+	R_X86_64_64 to R_X86_64_RELATIVE.
+
 2002-07-01  John David Anglin  <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>
 
 	* vaxbsd.c: New BFD backend for VAX BSD and Ultrix.
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
index 9c1bfdb321b..8b4276f248b 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
@@ -1876,9 +1876,44 @@ elf64_x86_64_relocate_section (output_bfd, info, input_bfd, input_section,
 	      else
 		{
 		  /* This symbol is local, or marked to become local.  */
-		  relocate = true;
-		  outrel.r_info = ELF64_R_INFO (0, R_X86_64_RELATIVE);
-		  outrel.r_addend = relocation + rel->r_addend;
+		  if (r_type == R_X86_64_64)
+		    {
+		      relocate = true;
+		      outrel.r_info = ELF64_R_INFO (0, R_X86_64_RELATIVE);
+		      outrel.r_addend = relocation + rel->r_addend;
+		    }
+		  else
+		    {
+		      long sindx;
+
+		      if (h == NULL)
+			sec = local_sections[r_symndx];
+		      else
+			{
+			  BFD_ASSERT (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+				      || (h->root.type
+					  == bfd_link_hash_defweak));
+			  sec = h->root.u.def.section;
+			}
+		      if (sec != NULL && bfd_is_abs_section (sec))
+			sindx = 0;
+		      else if (sec == NULL || sec->owner == NULL)
+			{
+			  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
+			  return false;
+			}
+		      else
+			{
+			  asection *osec;
+
+			  osec = sec->output_section;
+			  sindx = elf_section_data (osec)->dynindx;
+			  BFD_ASSERT (sindx > 0);
+			}
+
+		      outrel.r_info = ELF64_R_INFO (sindx, r_type);
+		      outrel.r_addend = relocation + rel->r_addend;
+		    }
 		}
 
 	      sreloc = elf_section_data (input_section)->sreloc;