diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 7ac371b7f1f..50a94b3b858 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-23  Richard Earnshaw  <rearnsha@arm.com>
+
+	* arm/unknown-elf.h (ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_DECL_LOCAL): Always allocate
+	at least one byte of space.
+
 2002-09-23  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* c-common.h (flag_abi_version): Fix typo in comment.
diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h b/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
index ade3f488913..7f9211b18c0 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 									\
       ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN (FILE, floor_log2 (ALIGN / BITS_PER_UNIT));	\
       ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL (FILE, NAME);					\
-      fprintf (FILE, "\t.space\t%d\n", SIZE);				\
+      fprintf (FILE, "\t.space\t%d\n", SIZE ? SIZE : 1);		\
     }									\
   while (0)