diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index ab9679cb5537..590fac40e34c 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-08-26  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
+
+	* lib/scanasm.exp (scan-assembler-times_required_options): New proc.
+
 2012-08-25  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
 
 	* g++.dg/cpp0x/fntmpdefarg3.C: New.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/scanasm.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/scanasm.exp
index 51c19d3ade1c..c513857cd8d0 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/lib/scanasm.exp
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/scanasm.exp
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ proc scan-assembler-times { args } {
     }
 }
 
+proc scan-assembler-times_required_options { args } {
+    global gcc_force_conventional_output
+    return $gcc_force_conventional_output
+}
+
 # Utility for scanning demangled compiler result, invoked via dg-final.
 # Call pass if pattern is present, otherwise fail.
 proc scan-assembler-dem { args } {