diff --git a/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 2b37a535040..98607194bc3 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-07-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* gas/ppc/altivec.d: Invoke "as" with "-a32".
+
 2002-07-25  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@redhat.com>
 
 	* gas/mips/mips-gp32-fp64.d,
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec.d
index 5cfe23aeb7c..0fef5a46b4f 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/altivec.d
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#as: -m601 -maltivec
+#as: -a32 -m601 -maltivec
 #objdump: -Dr
 #name: AltiVec tests