diff -Nurp binutils-2.23.51.0.8/ld/emultempl/elf32.em binutils-2.23.51.0.8-relro/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
--- binutils-2.23.51.0.8/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2012-12-21 21:40:41.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.23.51.0.8-relro/ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2012-12-29 16:19:21.700622109 +0200
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_parse (void)
   config.has_shared = `if test -n "$GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT" ; then echo TRUE ; else echo FALSE ; fi`;
   config.separate_code = `if test "x${SEPARATE_CODE}" = xyes ; then echo TRUE ; else echo FALSE ; fi`;
   link_info.sharable_sections = `if test "$SHARABLE_SECTIONS" = "yes" ; then echo TRUE ; else echo FALSE ; fi`;
+  link_info.relro = TRUE;
 }
 
 EOF
diff -Nurp binutils-2.23.51.0.8/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp binutils-2.23.51.0.8-relro/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
--- binutils-2.23.51.0.8/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp	2012-12-21 21:40:41.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.23.51.0.8-relro/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp	2012-12-29 16:19:21.698621956 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 if ![info exists ld] then {
-    set ld [findfile $base_dir/ld-new $base_dir/ld-new [transform ld]]
+    set ld "[findfile $base_dir/ld-new $base_dir/ld-new [transform ld]] -znorelro"
 }
 
 if ![info exists as] then {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if {![file isdirectory tmpdir/ld]} then
     catch "exec ln -s ../../ld-new tmpdir/ld/ld" status
     catch "exec ln -s ld tmpdir/ld/collect-ld" status
 }
-set gcc_ld_flag "-B[pwd]/tmpdir/ld/"
+set gcc_ld_flag "-B[pwd]/tmpdir/ld/ -Wl,-z,norelro"
 
 # load the linker path
 if {[file exists tmpdir/libpath.exp]} {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ if ![info exists READELFFLAGS] then {
 }
 
 if ![info exists LD] then {
-    set LD [findfile $base_dir/ld-new ./ld-new [transform ld]]
+    set LD "[findfile $base_dir/ld-new ./ld-new [transform ld]] -znorelro"
 }
 
 if ![info exists LDFLAGS] then {
diff -Nurp binutils-2.23.51.0.8/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp binutils-2.23.51.0.8-relro/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp
--- binutils-2.23.51.0.8/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp	2012-12-21 21:40:41.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.23.51.0.8-relro/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp	2012-12-29 16:19:21.699622030 +0200
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ foreach flags {"" "strip" "--static" "--
 
     # This test can only be run if we have the ld build directory,
     # since we need the object files.
-    if {$ld != "$objdir/ld-new"} {
+    set ldexe $ld
+    set ldparm [string first " " $ld]
+    if { $ldparm > 0 } then {
+	set ldparm [expr $ldparm - 1]
+	set ldexe [string range $ld 0 $ldparm]
+    }
+    if {$ldexe != "$objdir/ld-new"} {
 	untested $testname
 	continue
     }