diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 073556fa8b..6277928cbe 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-07-15  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
+
+	* aoutx.h (translate_to_native_sym_flags): Handle BSF_LOCAL.
+
 2000-07-12  Charles Wilson  <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
 
 	* libbfd.c (bfd_seek): fix 'seek beyond EOF' error when writing
diff --git a/bfd/aoutx.h b/bfd/aoutx.h
index 4b0940d7ad..a7e46b7d21 100644
--- a/bfd/aoutx.h
+++ b/bfd/aoutx.h
@@ -1681,6 +1681,8 @@ translate_to_native_sym_flags (abfd, cache_ptr, sym_pointer)
     sym_pointer->e_type[0] = ((aout_symbol_type *) cache_ptr)->type;
   else if ((cache_ptr->flags & BSF_GLOBAL) != 0)
     sym_pointer->e_type[0] |= N_EXT;
+  else if ((cache_ptr->flags & BSF_LOCAL) != 0)
+    sym_pointer->e_type[0] &= ~N_EXT;
 
   if ((cache_ptr->flags & BSF_CONSTRUCTOR) != 0)
     {