diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index b5675cb9e25..d6ffa69df89 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-19  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (allocate_dynrelocs): Don't add relocation symbols
+	to the global GOT on VxWorks.
+
 2010-09-19  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
 
 	* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_check_relocs): On VxWorks,
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index a0694e3bccd..6b30f11b620 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -8172,9 +8172,14 @@ allocate_dynrelocs (struct elf_link_hash_entry *h, void *inf)
       if (do_copy)
 	{
 	  /* Even though we don't directly need a GOT entry for this symbol,
-	     a symbol must have a dynamic symbol table index greater that
-	     DT_MIPS_GOTSYM if there are dynamic relocations against it.  */
-	  if (hmips->global_got_area > GGA_RELOC_ONLY)
+	     the SVR4 psABI requires it to have a dynamic symbol table
+	     index greater that DT_MIPS_GOTSYM if there are dynamic
+	     relocations against it.
+
+	     VxWorks does not enforce the same mapping between the GOT
+	     and the symbol table, so the same requirement does not
+	     apply there.  */
+	  if (!htab->is_vxworks && hmips->global_got_area > GGA_RELOC_ONLY)
 	    hmips->global_got_area = GGA_RELOC_ONLY;
 
 	  mips_elf_allocate_dynamic_relocations