diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 1cb0b71745..0e576ca252 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-06-25 Mark Elbrecht <snowball3@bigfoot.com>
+
+	* rdcoff (parse_coff_symbol): Treat GNU weak symbols as external.
+	(external_coff_symbol_p): New function.
+	(parse_coff): Use it.
+
 2000-06-25  Alexander Aganichev <AAganichev@hypercom.com>
 
 	* ar.c (normalize): Advance past both characters in a DOS based
diff --git a/binutils/rdcoff.c b/binutils/rdcoff.c
index e1385c7140..22c8ab95e9 100644
--- a/binutils/rdcoff.c
+++ b/binutils/rdcoff.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static debug_type parse_coff_enum_type
 static boolean parse_coff_symbol
   PARAMS ((bfd *, struct coff_types *, asymbol *, long,
 	   struct internal_syment *, PTR, debug_type, boolean));
+static boolean external_coff_symbol_p PARAMS ((int sym_class));
 
 /* Return the slot for a type.  */
 
@@ -588,6 +589,7 @@ parse_coff_symbol (abfd, types, sym, coff_symno, psyment, dhandle, type,
 	return false;
       break;
 
+    case C_WEAKEXT:
     case C_EXT:
       if (! debug_record_variable (dhandle, bfd_asymbol_name (sym), type,
 				   DEBUG_GLOBAL, bfd_asymbol_value (sym)))
@@ -656,6 +658,22 @@ parse_coff_symbol (abfd, types, sym, coff_symno, psyment, dhandle, type,
   return true;				   
 }
 
+/* Determine if a symbol has external visibility.  */
+
+static boolean
+external_coff_symbol_p (int sym_class)
+{
+  switch (sym_class)
+    {
+      case C_EXT:
+      case C_WEAKEXT:
+        return true;
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+  return false;         
+}
+
 /* This is the main routine.  It looks through all the symbols and
    handles them.  */
 
@@ -767,6 +785,7 @@ parse_coff (abfd, syms, symcount, dhandle)
 	  if (syment.n_type == T_NULL)
 	    break;
 	  /* Fall through.  */
+ 	case C_WEAKEXT:
 	case C_EXT:
 	  if (ISFCN (syment.n_type))
 	    {
@@ -805,7 +824,7 @@ parse_coff (abfd, syms, symcount, dhandle)
 		return false;
 
 	      if (! debug_record_function (dhandle, fnname, type,
-					   fnclass == C_EXT,
+					   external_coff_symbol_p (fnclass),
 					   bfd_asymbol_value (sym)))
 		return false;