diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index de08bab31e9..ecabe7c3356 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-02-05  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	PR middle-end/47610
+	* varasm.c (default_section_type_flags): If decl is NULL,
+	and name is .data.rel.ro or .data.rel.ro.local, set SECTION_RELRO
+	bit.
+
 2011-02-05  Jie Zhang  <jie@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR debug/42631
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 89053c20e6d..61110da51f2 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-02-05  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	PR middle-end/47610
+	* gcc.dg/pr47610.c: New test.
+
 2011-02-05  Jie Zhang  <jie@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR debug/42631
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr47610.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr47610.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..906af74f920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr47610.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* PR middle-end/47610 */
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -fpic" { target fpic } } */
+struct S { const char *s; };
+const struct S s[] = { "s" };
+extern void foo (void (*) (void));
+static void bar (void) {}
+void baz () { foo (bar); }
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 3a9fbae5901..76675cdeb0d 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -6060,7 +6060,12 @@ default_section_type_flags (tree decl, const char *name, int reloc)
 	flags = SECTION_WRITE;
     }
   else
-    flags = SECTION_WRITE;
+    {
+      flags = SECTION_WRITE;
+      if (strcmp (name, ".data.rel.ro") == 0
+	  || strcmp (name, ".data.rel.ro.local") == 0)
+	flags |= SECTION_RELRO;
+    }
 
   if (decl && DECL_ONE_ONLY (decl))
     flags |= SECTION_LINKONCE;