diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 0e0332513ef2..fc0d3dcb9c38 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-04-26  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
+
+	* gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c (dg-options): Add `-mplt'.
+
 2018-04-26  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
 
 	* gnat.dg/loop_optimization24.adb: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c
index 805778322e92..c73c8adb9caf 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/mips/data-sym-pool.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-mips16 -mcode-readable=yes" } */
+/* { dg-options "-mips16 -mcode-readable=yes -mplt" } */
 
 int
 frob (void)
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ $L3:						# The label must match.
 __pend_frob_3:					# The symbol must match.
 	.insn
 
-   that is `__pool_*'/`__pend_*' symbols inserted around a constant pool.  */
+   that is `__pool_*'/`__pend_*' symbols inserted around a constant pool.
+
+   This code is built with `-mplt' to prevent the special `__gnu_local_gp'
+   symbol from being placed in the constant pool at `-O0' for SVR4 code
+   and consequently interfering with test expectations.  */
 
 /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\tlw\t\\\$\[0-9\]+,(.L(\[0-9\]+))\n.*\t\\.type\t(__pool_frob_\\2), @object\n\\3:\n\t\\.align\t2\n\\1:\n\t\\.word\t305419896\n\t\\.type\t(__pend_frob_\\2), @function\n\\4:\n\t\\.insn\n" } } */