diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 1c1fbb2bb4..907c5d6e89 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-05-17  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
+
+        * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_section): Add 'y' as
+        specifier for SEC_COFF_NOREAD section flag.
+	* doc/as.texinfo: Add documentation about .section flag 'y'.
+
 2009-05-13  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
 
 	* cgen.c (gas_cgen_parse_operand): Guard against NULL pointers.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-coff.c b/gas/config/obj-coff.c
index 4bcede6ee2..b2f455818f 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-coff.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-coff.c
@@ -1475,6 +1475,7 @@ coff_frob_file_after_relocs (void)
                                                  'x' for text
   						 'r' for read-only data
   						 's' for shared data (PE)
+						 'y' for noread
    But if the argument is not a quoted string, treat it as a
    subsegment number.
 
@@ -1584,6 +1585,10 @@ obj_coff_section (int ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 		    flags |= SEC_READONLY;
 		  break;
 
+		case 'y':
+		  flags |= SEC_COFF_NOREAD | SEC_READONLY;
+		  break;
+
 		case 'i': /* STYP_INFO */
 		case 'l': /* STYP_LIB */
 		case 'o': /* STYP_OVER */
@@ -1628,7 +1633,8 @@ obj_coff_section (int ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
       /* This section's attributes have already been set.  Warn if the
          attributes don't match.  */
       flagword matchflags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_READONLY | SEC_CODE
-			     | SEC_DATA | SEC_COFF_SHARED | SEC_NEVER_LOAD);
+			     | SEC_DATA | SEC_COFF_SHARED | SEC_NEVER_LOAD
+			     | SEC_COFF_NOREAD);
       if ((flags ^ oldflags) & matchflags)
 	as_warn (_("Ignoring changed section attributes for %s"), name);
     }
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index 0968a29e3e..9871fe2793 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -5726,6 +5726,8 @@ executable section
 shared section (meaningful for PE targets)
 @item a
 ignored.  (For compatibility with the ELF version)
+@item y
+section is not readable (meaningful for PE targets)
 @end table
 
 If no flags are specified, the default flags depend upon the section name.  If