diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 3bc3bc3b71c..c8713f5b0c5 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-08-17  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
+
+	* lib/target-supports.exp
+	(check_effective_target_vect_cmdline_needed):: Add alpha to the list
+	of targets that do not need command line argument to enable SIMD.
+
 2009-08-17  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* lib/target-supports.exp (check_effective_target_mpc_pow): Fix
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
index 27300b39c9c..f361acca8ca 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
@@ -1356,7 +1356,8 @@ proc check_effective_target_vect_cmdline_needed { } {
 	verbose "check_effective_target_vect_cmdline_needed: using cached result" 2
     } else {
 	set et_vect_cmdline_needed_saved 1
-	if { [istarget ia64-*-*]
+	if { [istarget alpha*-*-*]
+	     || [istarget ia64-*-*]
 	     || (([istarget x86_64-*-*] || [istarget i?86-*-*])
 		 && [check_effective_target_lp64])
 	     || ([istarget powerpc*-*-*]