diff -upr binutils-2.26.orig/ld/ld.texinfo binutils-2.26/ld/ld.texinfo
--- binutils-2.26.orig/ld/ld.texinfo	2016-02-16 10:45:43.245336561 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/ld.texinfo	2016-02-16 10:47:04.670763451 +0000
@@ -1325,15 +1325,21 @@ libraries.
 When creating a shared library, bind references to global symbols to the
 definition within the shared library, if any.  Normally, it is possible
 for a program linked against a shared library to override the definition
-within the shared library.  This option is only meaningful on ELF
-platforms which support shared libraries.
+within the shared library.  This option can also be used with the
+@option{--export-dynamic} option, when creating a position independent
+executable, to bind references to global symbols to the definition within
+the executable.  This option is only meaningful on ELF platforms which
+support shared libraries and position independent executables.
 
 @kindex -Bsymbolic-functions
 @item -Bsymbolic-functions
 When creating a shared library, bind references to global function
 symbols to the definition within the shared library, if any.
+This option can also be used with the @option{--export-dynamic} option,
+when creating a position independent executable, to bind references
+to global function symbols to the definition within the executable.
 This option is only meaningful on ELF platforms which support shared
-libraries.
+libraries and position independent executables.
 
 @kindex --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}
 @item --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}
diff -upr binutils-2.26.orig/ld/lexsup.c binutils-2.26/ld/lexsup.c
--- binutils-2.26.orig/ld/lexsup.c	2016-02-16 10:45:43.246336567 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/lexsup.c	2016-02-16 10:47:04.671763456 +0000
@@ -1586,15 +1586,14 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv)
   /* We may have -Bsymbolic, -Bsymbolic-functions, --dynamic-list-data,
      --dynamic-list-cpp-new, --dynamic-list-cpp-typeinfo and
      --dynamic-list FILE.  -Bsymbolic and -Bsymbolic-functions are
-     for shared libraries.  -Bsymbolic overrides all others and vice
-     versa.  */
+     for PIC outputs.  -Bsymbolic overrides all others and vice versa.  */
   switch (command_line.symbolic)
     {
     case symbolic_unset:
       break;
     case symbolic:
-      /* -Bsymbolic is for shared library only.  */
-      if (bfd_link_dll (&link_info))
+      /* -Bsymbolic is for PIC output only.  */
+      if (bfd_link_pic (&link_info))
 	{
 	  link_info.symbolic = TRUE;
 	  /* Should we free the unused memory?  */
@@ -1603,8 +1602,8 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	}
       break;
     case symbolic_functions:
-      /* -Bsymbolic-functions is for shared library only.  */
-      if (bfd_link_dll (&link_info))
+      /* -Bsymbolic-functions is for PIC output only.  */
+      if (bfd_link_pic (&link_info))
 	command_line.dynamic_list = dynamic_list_data;
       break;
     }
diff -upr binutils-2.26.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/i386.exp binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/i386.exp
--- binutils-2.26.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/i386.exp	2016-02-16 10:45:43.319336949 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/i386.exp	2016-02-16 10:47:04.672763461 +0000
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ run_dump_test "load5a"
 run_dump_test "load5b"
 run_dump_test "load6"
 run_dump_test "pr19175"
+run_dump_test "pr19615"
 
 if { !([istarget "i?86-*-linux*"]
        || [istarget "i?86-*-gnu*"]
--- /dev/null	2016-02-16 08:27:18.513962320 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/pr19615.s	2016-02-16 10:56:11.886632341 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+	.text
+	.globl _start
+	.type _start, @function
+_start:
+	ret
+
+	.globl xyzzy	/* This symbol should be exported */
+	.type xyzzy, @function
+xyzzy:
+	ret
+
+	.section ".xyzzy_ptr","aw",%progbits
+	.dc.a xyzzy
--- /dev/null	2016-02-16 08:27:18.513962320 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/pr19615.d	2016-02-16 10:56:11.886632341 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#as: --32
+#ld: -pie -Bsymbolic -E -melf_i386
+#readelf: -r --wide --dyn-syms
+
+Relocation section '.rel.dyn' at offset 0x[0-9a-f]+ contains 1 entries:
+ Offset     Info    Type                Sym. Value  Symbol's Name
+[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +R_386_RELATIVE +
+
+Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
+   Num:    Value  Size Type    Bind   Vis      Ndx Name
+#...
+[ 	]*[a-f0-9]+: [a-f0-9]+     0 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    [a-f0-9]+ xyzzy
+#...
--- /dev/null	2016-02-16 08:27:18.513962320 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19615.s	2016-02-16 10:57:55.386174958 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+	.text
+	.globl _start
+	.type _start, @function
+_start:
+	ret
+
+	.globl xyzzy	/* This symbol should be exported */
+	.type xyzzy, @function
+xyzzy:
+	ret
+
+	.section ".xyzzy_ptr","aw",%progbits
+	.dc.a xyzzy
--- /dev/null	2016-02-16 08:27:18.513962320 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr19615.d	2016-02-16 10:57:55.386174958 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#as: --64
+#ld: -pie -Bsymbolic -E -melf_x86_64
+#readelf: -r --wide --dyn-syms
+
+Relocation section '.rela.dyn' at offset 0x[0-9a-f]+ contains 1 entries:
+    Offset             Info             Type               Symbol's Value  Symbol's Name \+ Addend
+[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +R_X86_64_RELATIVE +[0-9]+
+
+Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
+   Num:    Value          Size Type    Bind   Vis      Ndx Name
+#...
+[ 	]*[a-f0-9]+: [a-f0-9]+     0 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    [a-f0-9]+ xyzzy
+#...
--- binutils-2.26.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp	2016-02-16 10:45:43.443337600 +0000
+++ binutils-2.26/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp	2016-02-16 11:01:02.418162157 +0000
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ run_dump_test "pr19013-x32"
 run_dump_test "pr19013-nacl"
 run_dump_test "pr19162"
 run_dump_test "pr19175"
+run_dump_test "pr19615"
 
 # Add $PLT_CFLAGS if PLT is expected.
 global PLT_CFLAGS