diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 1a92dcd104f..04efe083e34 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Jan 24 12:38:54 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
+
+	* aoutx.h (translate_symbol_table): The string index 0 has a
+	special meaning for normal symbols, but not for dynamic symbols.
+
 Sat Jan 22 12:26:01 1994  Stu Grossman  (grossman at cygnus.com)
 
 	* sparclynx.c:  Setup appropriate macros to enable core file
diff --git a/bfd/aoutx.h b/bfd/aoutx.h
index 41107193dad..b7d2d44ab0e 100644
--- a/bfd/aoutx.h
+++ b/bfd/aoutx.h
@@ -1410,7 +1410,15 @@ translate_symbol_table (abfd, in, ext, count, str, strsize, dynamic)
 
       x = GET_WORD (abfd, ext->e_strx);
       in->symbol.the_bfd = abfd;
-      if (x < strsize)
+
+      /* For the normal symbols, the zero index points at the number
+	 of bytes in the string table but is to be interpreted as the
+	 null string.  For the dynamic symbols, the number of bytes in
+	 the string table is stored in the __DYNAMIC structure and the
+	 zero index points at an actual string.  */
+      if (x == 0 && ! dynamic)
+	in->symbol.name = "";
+      else if (x < strsize)
 	in->symbol.name = str + x;
       else
 	return false;