diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index fdd53c50819..525076600e0 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-02  Ulrich Weigand  <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* config/spu/spu.c (TARGET_SECTION_TYPE_FLAGS): Define.
+	(spu_section_type_flags): New function.
+
 2009-03-02  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
 
 	* config/i386/i386.h (CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE): Do not copy
diff --git a/gcc/config/spu/spu.c b/gcc/config/spu/spu.c
index a29125269e5..c2fbb331b0a 100644
--- a/gcc/config/spu/spu.c
+++ b/gcc/config/spu/spu.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static bool spu_vector_alignment_reachable (const_tree, bool);
 static tree spu_builtin_vec_perm (tree, tree *);
 static int spu_sms_res_mii (struct ddg *g);
 static void asm_file_start (void);
+static unsigned int spu_section_type_flags (tree, const char *, int);
 
 extern const char *reg_names[];
 rtx spu_compare_op0, spu_compare_op1;
@@ -329,6 +330,9 @@ const struct attribute_spec spu_attribute_table[];
 #undef TARGET_ASM_FILE_START
 #define TARGET_ASM_FILE_START asm_file_start
 
+#undef TARGET_SECTION_TYPE_FLAGS
+#define TARGET_SECTION_TYPE_FLAGS spu_section_type_flags
+
 struct gcc_target targetm = TARGET_INITIALIZER;
 
 void
@@ -6285,3 +6289,13 @@ asm_file_start (void)
   default_file_start ();
 }
 
+/* Implement targetm.section_type_flags.  */
+static unsigned int
+spu_section_type_flags (tree decl, const char *name, int reloc)
+{
+  /* .toe needs to have type @nobits.  */
+  if (strcmp (name, ".toe") == 0)
+    return SECTION_BSS;
+  return default_section_type_flags (decl, name, reloc);
+}
+