diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32fece5765f3..f22929a77f64 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-14  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
+
+	* ltconfig (freebsd*): Default to elf.
+
 2007-02-13  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* configure.ac (target_libraries): Move libgcc before libiberty.
diff --git a/ltconfig b/ltconfig
index 839b980fdb27..cfbfda85dad3 100755
--- a/ltconfig
+++ b/ltconfig
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ freebsd1*)
   ;;
 
 freebsd*)
-  objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout`
+  objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo elf`
   version_type=freebsd-$objformat
   case $version_type in
     freebsd-elf*)