diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index cef68c6f62..a57684db5c 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-03-22  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
+
+	* elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Set type of
+	hwcaps attribute.
+
 2013-03-22  Achille Fouilleul  <achille.fouilleul+binutils@gadz.org>
 
 	PR ld/14902
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c b/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c
index 9684ffd7a4..596c8384bb 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c
@@ -4905,6 +4905,7 @@ _bfd_sparc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
   out_attr = &out_attrs[Tag_GNU_Sparc_HWCAPS];
 
   out_attr->i |= in_attr->i;
+  out_attr->type = 1;
 
   /* Merge Tag_compatibility attributes and any common GNU ones.  */
   _bfd_elf_merge_object_attributes (ibfd, obfd);