diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 0872e46188a..032163df332 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Aug 10 12:58:31 1999  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
+	* config/tc-hppa.c (pa_build_unwind_subspace): Use sane section
+	flags for the unwind subspace.
+
 	* config/tc-hppa.c (UNWIND_SECTION_NAME): Define for ELF.
 	(pa_build_unwind_subspace): Remove #if 0 wrapper.  Select a
 	suitable relocation based on the size of the target's pointer.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-hppa.c b/gas/config/tc-hppa.c
index 972b32ff0a5..99914db7dcd 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-hppa.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-hppa.c
@@ -4535,7 +4535,8 @@ pa_build_unwind_subspace (call_info)
       seg = bfd_make_section_old_way (stdoutput, UNWIND_SECTION_NAME);
       bfd_set_section_flags (stdoutput, seg,
 			     SEC_READONLY | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
-			     | SEC_LOAD | SEC_RELOC);
+			     | SEC_LOAD | SEC_RELOC | SEC_ALLOC | SEC_DATA);
+      bfd_set_section_alignment (stdoutput, seg, 2);
     }
 
   save_seg = now_seg;