diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 27230ffed9..7e6a4128c3 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-10-25  Jim Wilson  <wilson@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf64-sh64.c (sh_elf64_relocate_section): Call
+	_bfd_elf_rela_local_sym.  Handle relocs against STT_SECTION symbol
+	of SHF_MERGE section.
+
 2002-10-25  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
 
 	* simple.c: Correct placement of ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-sh64.c b/bfd/elf64-sh64.c
index dfd7d377e4..da02505d5c 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-sh64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-sh64.c
@@ -1588,6 +1588,35 @@ sh_elf64_relocate_section (output_bfd, info, input_bfd, input_section,
 
 	      continue;
 	    }
+	  else if (! howto->partial_inplace)
+	    {
+	      relocation = _bfd_elf_rela_local_sym (output_bfd, sym, sec, rel);
+	      relocation |= ((sym->st_other & STO_SH5_ISA32) != 0);
+	    }
+	  else if ((sec->flags & SEC_MERGE)
+		   && ELF_ST_TYPE (sym->st_info) == STT_SECTION)
+	    {
+	      asection *msec;
+
+	      if (howto->rightshift || howto->src_mask != 0xffffffff)
+		{
+		  (*_bfd_error_handler)
+		    (_("%s(%s+0x%lx): %s relocation against SEC_MERGE section"),
+		     bfd_archive_filename (input_bfd),
+		     bfd_get_section_name (input_bfd, input_section),
+		     (long) rel->r_offset, howto->name);
+		  return false;
+		}
+
+              addend = bfd_get_32 (input_bfd, contents + rel->r_offset);
+              msec = sec;
+              addend =
+		_bfd_elf_rel_local_sym (output_bfd, sym, &msec, addend)
+		- relocation;
+	      addend += msec->output_section->vma + msec->output_offset;
+	      bfd_put_32 (input_bfd, addend, contents + rel->r_offset);
+	      addend = 0;
+	    }
 	}
       else
 	{