diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 476e6cb894..fa7534da89 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-01-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 25326
+	* testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp: Add -fcommon option to compiler
+	command line when building pr19579 binaries.
+
 2020-01-03  Hannes Domani  <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
 
 	* emultempl/pe.em: Add new option --enable-reloc-section.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
index c47a9db997..7852890999 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ if { [istarget *-*-linux*]
 	] \
 	[list \
 	    "Build pr19579a.o" \
-	    "" "-fPIE" \
+	    "" "-fPIE -fcommon" \
 	    {pr19579a.c} \
 	    {} \
 	    "libpr19579a.a" \
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ if { [istarget *-*-linux*]
 	[list \
 	    "Build libpr19579.so" \
 	    "-shared" \
-	    "-fPIC" \
+	    "-fPIC -fcommon" \
 	    {pr19579b.c} \
 	    {} \
 	    "libpr19579.so" \
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ if { [istarget *-*-linux*]
 	[list \
 	    "Build libpr19579now.so" \
 	    "-shared -Wl,-z,now" \
-	    "-fPIC" \
+	    "-fPIC -fcommon" \
 	    {pr19579b.c} \
 	    {} \
 	    "libpr19579.so" \