diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 603216b867..64119e44a6 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-05-14  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* elf32-spu.c (mark_overlay_section): Move .init and .fini
+	sections into the software icache.
+
 2009-05-14  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* elf32-spu.c (build_stub): Always build "compact" sofware
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-spu.c b/bfd/elf32-spu.c
index 81ef78b0c7..5c63d15812 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-spu.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-spu.c
@@ -3398,7 +3398,9 @@ mark_overlay_section (struct function_info *fun,
   if (!fun->sec->linker_mark
       && (htab->params->ovly_flavour != ovly_soft_icache
 	  || htab->params->non_ia_text
-	  || strncmp (fun->sec->name, ".text.ia.", 9) == 0))
+	  || strncmp (fun->sec->name, ".text.ia.", 9) == 0
+	  || strcmp (fun->sec->name, ".init") == 0
+	  || strcmp (fun->sec->name, ".fini") == 0))
     {
       unsigned int size;