diff --git a/include/elf/ChangeLog b/include/elf/ChangeLog
index b65c881d2..9008aaabe 100644
--- a/include/elf/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/elf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2010-05-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR gas/11600
+	* common.h (SHF_EXCLUDE): New.
+
+	* i370.h (SHF_EXCLUDE): Removed.
+	* or32.h (SHF_EXCLUDE): Likewise.
+	* ppc.h (SHF_EXCLUDE): Likewise.
+	* sparc.h (SHF_EXCLUDE): Likewise.
+
 2010-04-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* internal.h (ELF_SECTION_SIZE): Protect macro args with parentheses.
diff --git a/include/elf/common.h b/include/elf/common.h
index b2a6c73f0..01c519dd0 100644
--- a/include/elf/common.h
+++ b/include/elf/common.h
@@ -502,6 +502,15 @@
 #define SHF_MASKOS	0x0FF00000	/* New value, Oct 4, 1999 Draft */
 #define SHF_MASKPROC	0xF0000000	/* Processor-specific semantics */
 
+/* This used to be implemented as a processor specific section flag.
+   We just make it generic.  */
+#define SHF_EXCLUDE	0x80000000	/* Link editor is to exclude
+					   this section from executable
+					   and shared library that it
+					   builds when those objects
+					   are not to be further
+					   relocated.  */
+
 /* Values of note segment descriptor types for core files.  */
 
 #define NT_PRSTATUS	1		/* Contains copy of prstatus struct */
diff --git a/include/elf/i370.h b/include/elf/i370.h
index 6229aab52..7b451ff9d 100644
--- a/include/elf/i370.h
+++ b/include/elf/i370.h
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@
 
 #define	EF_I370_RELOCATABLE	0x00010000	/* i370 -mrelocatable flag */
 #define	EF_I370_RELOCATABLE_LIB	0x00008000	/* i370 -mrelocatable-lib flag */
-/* Processor specific section flags, sh_flags field */
-
-#define SHF_EXCLUDE		0x80000000	/* Link editor is to exclude \
-						   this section from executable \
-						   and shared objects that it \
-						   builds when those objects \
-						   are not to be furhter \
-						   relocated.  */
 
 /* i370 relocations
    Note that there is really just one relocation that we currently
diff --git a/include/elf/or32.h b/include/elf/or32.h
index 256696bb4..9f1c2f3f7 100644
--- a/include/elf/or32.h
+++ b/include/elf/or32.h
@@ -53,11 +53,4 @@ END_RELOC_NUMBERS (R_OR32_max)
 						   specified in the associated \
 						   symbol table entry.  */
 
-/* Processor specific section flags, sh_flags field */
-#define SHF_EXCLUDE		0x80000000	/* Link editor is to exclude \
-						   this section from executable \
-						   and shared objects that it \
-						   builds when those objects \
-						   are not to be furhter \
-						   relocated.  */
 #endif /* _ELF_OR1K_H */
diff --git a/include/elf/ppc.h b/include/elf/ppc.h
index 230870dd4..688cb9b9d 100644
--- a/include/elf/ppc.h
+++ b/include/elf/ppc.h
@@ -174,15 +174,6 @@ END_RELOC_NUMBERS (R_PPC_max)
 						   specified in the associated \
 						   symbol table entry.  */
 
-/* Processor specific section flags, sh_flags field.  */
-
-#define SHF_EXCLUDE		0x80000000	/* Link editor is to exclude \
-						   this section from executable \
-						   and shared objects that it \
-						   builds when those objects \
-						   are not to be furhter \
-						   relocated.  */
-
 /* Object attribute tags.  */
 enum
 {
diff --git a/include/elf/sparc.h b/include/elf/sparc.h
index 762f3b555..424715134 100644
--- a/include/elf/sparc.h
+++ b/include/elf/sparc.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 /* Section flags.  */
 
-#define SHF_EXCLUDE		0x80000000	/* exclude from linking */
 #define SHF_ORDERED		0x40000000	/* treat sh_link,sh_info specially */
 
 /* Symbol types.  */