--- ld/lexsup.c
+++ ld/lexsup.c
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@
 	}
     }
 
+  optarg = "relro";
+  ldemul_handle_option ('z');
+
   last_optind = -1;
   while (1)
     {
--- ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
+++ ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 
 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 {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     catch "exec mkdir tmpdir/ld" status
     catch "exec ln -s ../../ld-new tmpdir/ld/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]} {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 }
 
 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 {
--- ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@
 
     # 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 ldexe [string range $ld 0 $ldparm]
+    }
+    if {$ldexe != "$objdir/ld-new"} {
 	untested $testname
 	continue
     }