diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 90b23cc450..0f8ad16600 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# start-sanitize-vr5400
+Sun Nov 23 16:23:37 1997  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
+
+	* configure.tgt (gdb_target): Treat vr5400 as a vr5000.
+
+# end-sanitize-vr5400
 Fri Nov 21 19:43:23 1997  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 
 	* valops.c (call_function_by_hand): If the function has a
diff --git a/gdb/configure.tgt b/gdb/configure.tgt
index 22788abc66..e6e28cf693 100644
--- a/gdb/configure.tgt
+++ b/gdb/configure.tgt
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ mips64*vr4100*-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr4300 ;;
 mips64*vr5000*el-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr5000el ;;
 mips64*vr5000*-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr5000
 		configdirs="${configdirs} gdbserver" ;;
+# start-sanitize-vr5400
+mips64*vr5400*el-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr5000el ;;
+mips64*vr5400*-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr5000
+		configdirs="${configdirs} gdbserver" ;;
+# end-sanitize-vr5400
 # start-sanitize-tx49
 mips64*tx49*el-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr4300el ;;
 mips64*tx49*-*-elf*)	gdb_target=vr4300 ;;