diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index b4c0f6f44f..508968de66 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2009-12-30  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
+
+	PR 10979
+	* script.cc (read_input_script): If we see a new SECTIONS clause,
+	and we have added an input section, give an error.
+	* layout.h (class Layout): Add have_added_input_section function.
+	Add have_added_input_section_ field.
+	* layout.cc (Layout::Layout): Initialize
+	have_added_input_section_.
+	(Layout::layout): Set have_added_input_section_.
+	(Layout::layout_eh_frame): Likewise.
+
 2009-12-30  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 
 	PR 10931
diff --git a/gold/layout.cc b/gold/layout.cc
index 5462532576..8bbeebe938 100644
--- a/gold/layout.cc
+++ b/gold/layout.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Layout::Layout(int number_of_input_files, Script_options* script_options)
     debug_info_(NULL),
     group_signatures_(),
     output_file_size_(-1),
+    have_added_input_section_(false),
     sections_are_attached_(false),
     input_requires_executable_stack_(false),
     input_with_gnu_stack_note_(false),
@@ -610,6 +611,7 @@ Layout::layout(Sized_relobj<size, big_endian>* object, unsigned int shndx,
 
   *off = os->add_input_section(object, shndx, name, shdr, reloc_shndx,
 			       this->script_options_->saw_sections_clause());
+  this->have_added_input_section_ = true;
 
   return os;
 }
@@ -818,6 +820,7 @@ Layout::layout_eh_frame(Sized_relobj<size, big_endian>* object,
       bool saw_sections_clause = this->script_options_->saw_sections_clause();
       *off = os->add_input_section(object, shndx, name, shdr, reloc_shndx,
 				   saw_sections_clause);
+      this->have_added_input_section_ = true;
     }
 
   return os;
diff --git a/gold/layout.h b/gold/layout.h
index 06060effda..604f19b1fd 100644
--- a/gold/layout.h
+++ b/gold/layout.h
@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ class Layout
   is_linkonce(const char* name)
   { return strncmp(name, ".gnu.linkonce", sizeof(".gnu.linkonce") - 1) == 0; }
 
+  // Whether we have added an input section.
+  bool
+  have_added_input_section() const
+  { return this->have_added_input_section_; }
+
   // Return true if a section is a debugging section.
   static inline bool
   is_debug_info_section(const char* name)
@@ -990,6 +995,8 @@ class Layout
   Group_signatures group_signatures_;
   // The size of the output file.
   off_t output_file_size_;
+  // Whether we have added an input section to an output section.
+  bool have_added_input_section_;
   // Whether we have attached the sections to the segments.
   bool sections_are_attached_;
   // Whether we have seen an object file marked to require an
diff --git a/gold/script.cc b/gold/script.cc
index fb1b2e111f..53919e6b01 100644
--- a/gold/script.cc
+++ b/gold/script.cc
@@ -1398,6 +1398,9 @@ read_input_script(Workqueue* workqueue, Symbol_table* symtab, Layout* layout,
 			 &lex,
 			 input_file->will_search_for());
 
+  bool old_saw_sections_clause =
+    layout->script_options()->saw_sections_clause();
+
   if (yyparse(&closure) != 0)
     {
       if (closure.found_incompatible_target())
@@ -1411,6 +1414,12 @@ read_input_script(Workqueue* workqueue, Symbol_table* symtab, Layout* layout,
       return false;
     }
 
+  if (!old_saw_sections_clause
+      && layout->script_options()->saw_sections_clause()
+      && layout->have_added_input_section())
+    gold_error(_("%s: SECTIONS seen after other input files; try -T/--script"),
+	       input_file->filename().c_str());
+
   if (!closure.saw_inputs())
     return true;