diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 0e1cf00c110..4a6f88ea6fa 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-09-14  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
 
+	* pe-x86_64.c (COFF_SECTION_ALIGNMENT_ENTRIES): Make
+	.rdata, .data, and .text partial matched section names.
+	* pei-x86_64.c: Likewise.
+
 	* peXXigen.c (sort_x64_pdata): New helper.
 	(_bfd_XXi_final_link_postscript): Do pdata sorting.
 
diff --git a/bfd/pe-x86_64.c b/bfd/pe-x86_64.c
index 76fc7c70283..b739cc40e90 100644
--- a/bfd/pe-x86_64.c
+++ b/bfd/pe-x86_64.c
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 #define COFF_SECTION_ALIGNMENT_ENTRIES \
 { COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".bss"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
-{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".data"), \
+{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".data"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
-{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".rdata"), \
+{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".rdata"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
-{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".text"), \
+{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".text"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
 { COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".idata"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 2 }, \
diff --git a/bfd/pei-x86_64.c b/bfd/pei-x86_64.c
index fa9a2677359..f5070049b3c 100644
--- a/bfd/pei-x86_64.c
+++ b/bfd/pei-x86_64.c
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 #define COFF_SECTION_ALIGNMENT_ENTRIES \
 { COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".bss"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
-{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".data"), \
+{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".data"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
-{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".rdata"), \
+{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".rdata"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
-{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_EXACT_MATCH (".text"), \
+{ COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".text"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 4 }, \
 { COFF_SECTION_NAME_PARTIAL_MATCH (".idata"), \
   COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, COFF_ALIGNMENT_FIELD_EMPTY, 2 }, \