diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index c4b97ee3d5..c86e62fb11 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* coff-mcore.c (SWAP_IN_RELOC_OFFSET): Define.
+	(SWAP_OUT_RELOC_OFFSET): Define.
+
 2002-11-20  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_link_hash_table_init): Make sure
diff --git a/bfd/coff-mcore.c b/bfd/coff-mcore.c
index f15102dff1..783ee57aa3 100644
--- a/bfd/coff-mcore.c
+++ b/bfd/coff-mcore.c
@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@ coff_mcore_relocate_section (output_bfd, info, input_bfd, input_section,
 
 #define SELECT_RELOC(internal, howto) {internal.r_type = howto->type;}
 
+/* Make sure that the 'r_offset' field is copied properly
+   so that identical binaries will compare the same.  */
+#define SWAP_IN_RELOC_OFFSET         H_GET_32
+#define SWAP_OUT_RELOC_OFFSET        H_PUT_32
+
 #define COFF_PAGE_SIZE               0x1000
 
 #include "coffcode.h"