diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 1574c3ac4c..6ceb02f3bb 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-12-10  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* lib/gdb.exp (build_id_debug_filename_get): OBJCOPY pipe being read
+	must be set to binary.
+
 2007-12-09  Pedro Alves  <pedro_alves@portugalmail.pt>
 
 	* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_gnu_strip_debug): Remove debug format test.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 038f51a957..11393e4010 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -2500,6 +2500,7 @@ proc build_id_debug_filename_get { exec } {
 	return ""
     }
     set fi [open $tmp]
+    fconfigure $fi -translation binary
     # Skip the NOTE header.
     read $fi 16
     set data [read $fi]