diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0a7191ed61b..d30ce308198 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-02-25  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* symfile.c (find_lowest_section): Include SEC_ALLOC sections.
+
 2010-02-24  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_execute): Fix typo.
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c
index 87054205bb6..20b3daf892c 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.c
+++ b/gdb/symfile.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ find_lowest_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj)
 {
   asection **lowest = (asection **) obj;
 
-  if (0 == (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_LOAD))
+  if (0 == (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD)))
     return;
   if (!*lowest)
     *lowest = sect;		/* First loadable section */