diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 4e94fd976a3..797e8a1829f 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2016-06-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas is the
+	default for Linux/x86 targets.
+	* configure.tgt (ac_default_compressed_debug_sections): Default
+	to yes for Linux/x86 targets.
+
 2016-06-29  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
 	* write.c: Remove "libbfd.h" inclusion.
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index 08807f18f16..f5708a2554c 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 -*- text -*-
+* Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for Linux/x86 targets.
+
 * Add --no-pad-sections to stop the assembler from padding the end of output
   sections up to their alignment boundary.
 
diff --git a/gas/configure.tgt b/gas/configure.tgt
index cda0e26e02c..e2df65957ba 100644
--- a/gas/configure.tgt
+++ b/gas/configure.tgt
@@ -502,3 +502,12 @@ if test $bfd_gas != yes; then
   echo This target is no longer supported in gas
   exit 1
 fi
+
+case ${cpu_type}-${fmt}-${os} in
+i386-elf-linux*)
+  # Default to compress DWARF debug sections for Linux/x86.
+  if test ${ac_default_compressed_debug_sections} = unset; then
+    ac_default_compressed_debug_sections=yes
+  fi
+  ;;
+esac