diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 5b7415b56a4..3dfc33a8cfe 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-01-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 11128
+	* readelf.c (dump_section_as_strings): Use two separate
+	invocations of printf() in order to work around bugs in
+	the Solaris 8 implementation.
+
 2010-01-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* po/ru/po: Updated Russian translation.
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 956144dfb3a..fd44f2f105d 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -8624,7 +8624,10 @@ dump_section_as_strings (Elf_Internal_Shdr * section, FILE * file)
       if (data < end)
 	{
 #ifndef __MSVCRT__
-	  printf ("  [%6tx]  %s\n", data - start, data);
+	  /* PR 11128: Use two separate invocations in order to work
+             around bugs in the Solaris 8 implementation of printf.  */
+	  printf ("  [%6tx]  ", data - start);
+	  printf ("%s\n", data);
 #else
 	  printf ("  [%6Ix]  %s\n", (size_t) (data - start), data);
 #endif