diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 4992e1c56e..d62950e077 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-23  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
+
+	PR ld/15037
+	* scripttempl/avr.sc (.eeprom): Keep it.
+
 2013-01-23  Leif Ekblad  <leif@rdos.net>
 
 	* Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATION_SOURCES): Add eelf64rdos.c.
diff --git a/ld/scripttempl/avr.sc b/ld/scripttempl/avr.sc
index 6ba987b5eb..10ac27f71b 100644
--- a/ld/scripttempl/avr.sc
+++ b/ld/scripttempl/avr.sc
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
   .eeprom ${RELOCATING-0}:
   {
-    *(.eeprom*)
+    /* See .data above...  */
+    KEEP(*(.eeprom*))
     ${RELOCATING+ __eeprom_end = . ; }
   } ${RELOCATING+ > eeprom}