diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index e31605d504a..bc971184506 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-10-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* embedspu.sh: Pass -Wa,-noexecstack to $CC.
+
 2008-10-09  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
 
 	* dlltool.c (PAGE_SIZE): Make sure it has bfd_vma type.
diff --git a/binutils/embedspu.sh b/binutils/embedspu.sh
index 5f9d20cb5b4..8b19e766e92 100644
--- a/binutils/embedspu.sh
+++ b/binutils/embedspu.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ main ()
   # 4. Write a struct spe_program_handle to .data.
   # 5. Write a table of _SPUEAR_ symbols.
   ${CC} ${FLAGS} -x assembler-with-cpp -nostartfiles -nostdlib \
-	-Wa,-mbig -Wl,-r -Wl,-x -o ${OUTFILE} - <<EOF
+	-Wa,-mbig -Wa,-noexecstack -Wl,-r -Wl,-x -o ${OUTFILE} - <<EOF
  .section .data.spetoe,"aw",@progbits
  .p2align 7
 __spetoe__: