diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index fa3b1a95d1..0969acafc5 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-10  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* objcopy.c (setup_section): Copy entsize.
+
 2001-12-07  Geoffrey Keating  <geoffk@redhat.com>
 
 	* readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add support for stormy16.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index b42fbe90d5..6ce7e91cd7 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1602,6 +1602,9 @@ setup_section (ibfd, isection, obfdarg)
       goto loser;
     }
 
+  /* Copy merge entity size.  */
+  osection->entsize = isection->entsize;
+
   /* This used to be mangle_section; we do here to avoid using
      bfd_get_section_by_name since some formats allow multiple
      sections with the same name.  */