diff --git a/libffi/ChangeLog b/libffi/ChangeLog
index e8b81e7dfe9..b8b915194cd 100644
--- a/libffi/ChangeLog
+++ b/libffi/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-06-26  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	* src/alpha/osf.S (ffi_closure_osf): Use .rdata for ECOFF.
+
 2001-06-25  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
 
 	* configure.in: Recognize sparc*-sun-* host.
diff --git a/libffi/src/alpha/osf.S b/libffi/src/alpha/osf.S
index d6b839d871e..75beab8996c 100644
--- a/libffi/src/alpha/osf.S
+++ b/libffi/src/alpha/osf.S
@@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ $LFE2:
 
 	.end	ffi_closure_osf
 
+#ifdef __ELF__
 .section .rodata
+#else
+.rdata
+#endif
 $load_table:
 	.gprel32 $load_none	# FFI_TYPE_VOID
 	.gprel32 $load_32	# FFI_TYPE_INT