diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6bf744f6a9db..116abfe41ad4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 2004-04-23  Laurent GUERBY <laurent@guerby.net>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
+	
+2004-04-19  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	* configure.in (mips*-*-irix5*): Enable ld.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
 
 2004-04-16  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c0f7d2505058..cda8359460a0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1422,8 +1422,7 @@ case "${target}" in
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld binutils gprof target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
     ;;
   mips*-*-irix5*)
-    # The GNU linker does not support shared libraries.
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gprof target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
+    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
     ;;
   mips*-*-irix6*)
     # Linking libjava exceeds command-line length limits on at least
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1657c8c4e171..86bc12784608 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -643,8 +643,7 @@ case "${target}" in
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld binutils gprof target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
     ;;
   mips*-*-irix5*)
-    # The GNU linker does not support shared libraries.
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs ld gprof target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
+    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof target-libgloss ${libgcj}"
     ;;
   mips*-*-irix6*)
     # Linking libjava exceeds command-line length limits on at least