diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a4b0bf46c09..3f985c60da25 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Oct  7 00:36:17 MDT 1999	Diego Novillo <dnovillo@cygnus.com>
+
+	* config/rs6000/rs6000.c (secondary_reload_class): For TARGET_ELF
+	make sure that HIGH instructions are copied into BASE_REGS.
+
 Sun Oct  3 14:20:22 1999  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* configure.in (fr30): Fix typo.
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
index 26ca580ccd33..2e961c43ccdb 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
@@ -2620,6 +2620,7 @@ secondary_reload_class (class, mode, in)
      is needed as an intermediate register.  */
   if (class != BASE_REGS
       && (GET_CODE (in) == SYMBOL_REF
+	  || GET_CODE (in) == HIGH
 	  || GET_CODE (in) == LABEL_REF
 	  || GET_CODE (in) == CONST))
     return BASE_REGS;