diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 28999bc49b..023c934bad 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-06-03  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-elf/linux-x86.exp: Make copied source files
+	writeable.
+
 2020-05-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR 26047
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/linux-x86.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/linux-x86.exp
index 180674deac..fef788ff23 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/linux-x86.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/linux-x86.exp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ proc check_pr25749a {testname srcfilea srcfileb cflags ldflags lderror} {
     }
 
     exec cp $srcdir/$subdir/$srcfilea $srcfilea
+    exec chmod +w $srcfilea
     set pr25749_bin "$objcopy -B $output_arch -I binary -O $output_target $srcfilea tmpdir/pr25749-bin.o"
     send_log "$pr25749_bin\n"
     set got [remote_exec host "$pr25749_bin"]
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ proc check_pr25749b {testname srcfilea srcfileb cflags ldflags dsoldflags} {
     }
 
     exec cp $srcdir/$subdir/$srcfilea $srcfilea
+    exec chmod +w $srcfilea
     set pr25749_bin "$objcopy -B $output_arch -I binary -O $output_target $srcfilea tmpdir/pr25749-bin.o"
     send_log "$pr25749_bin\n"
     set got [remote_exec host "$pr25749_bin"]