diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f37865dbe1..b0ca9d0c90 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-06-05  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Call
+	_bfd_elf_rel_local_sym for STT_SECTION relocations against
+	the SEC_MERGE section.
+
 2002-06-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* coff-alpha.c: Update copyright date.
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index 67179ee18d..08e1abbcd7 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -2082,8 +2082,16 @@ mips_elf_calculate_relocation (abfd, input_bfd, input_section, info,
       sec = local_sections[r_symndx];
 
       symbol = sec->output_section->vma + sec->output_offset;
-      if (ELF_ST_TYPE (sym->st_info) != STT_SECTION)
+      if (ELF_ST_TYPE (sym->st_info) != STT_SECTION
+	  || (sec->flags & SEC_MERGE))
 	symbol += sym->st_value;
+      if ((sec->flags & SEC_MERGE)
+	  && ELF_ST_TYPE (sym->st_info) == STT_SECTION)
+	{
+	  addend = _bfd_elf_rel_local_sym (abfd, sym, &sec, addend);
+	  addend -= symbol;
+	  addend += sec->output_section->vma + sec->output_offset;
+	}
 
       /* MIPS16 text labels should be treated as odd.  */
       if (sym->st_other == STO_MIPS16)