diff --git a/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-gas_config_obj-aout_c b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-gas_config_obj-aout_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e1157e1f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/binutils/stable/patches/patch-gas_config_obj-aout_c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-gas_config_obj-aout_c,v 1.1 2004/01/19 02:04:20 brad Exp $
+--- gas/config/obj-aout.c.orig	2004-01-02 23:25:09.000000000 -0500
++++ gas/config/obj-aout.c	2004-01-02 23:34:26.000000000 -0500
+@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ obj_crawl_symbol_chain (headers)
+ 
+ 	 * symbols with no name (stabd's?)
+ 	 * symbols with debug info in their N_TYPE
++	 * symbols marked "forceout" (to force out local `L' symbols in Net-
++				      or OpenBSD PIC code)
+ 
+ 	 Symbols that don't are:
+ 	 * symbols that are registers
+@@ -498,7 +500,15 @@ obj_crawl_symbol_chain (headers)
+ 	      || !S_IS_DEFINED (symbolP)
+ 	      || S_IS_EXTERNAL (symbolP)
+ 	      || (S_GET_NAME (symbolP)[0] != '\001'
+-		  && (flag_keep_locals || !S_LOCAL_NAME (symbolP)))))
++		  && (flag_keep_locals || !S_LOCAL_NAME (symbolP))
++#if defined(TE_NetBSD) || defined(TE_OpenBSD)
++		  || (flag_pic && symbolP->sy_forceout)
++#endif
++		  ))
++#if defined(TE_NetBSD) || defined(TE_OpenBSD)
++	  && (!flag_pic || symbolP != GOT_symbol || got_referenced != 0)
++#endif
++	  )
+ 	{
+ 	  symbolP->sy_number = symbol_number++;
+ 
+@@ -516,6 +526,11 @@ obj_crawl_symbol_chain (headers)
+ 	}
+       else
+ 	{
++	  if (S_IS_EXTERNAL (symbolP) || !S_IS_DEFINED (symbolP)
++#if defined(TE_NetBSD) || TE_OpenBSD)
++	      && (!flag_pic || symbolP != GOT_symbol || got_referenced != 0)
++#endif
++	      )
+ 	  if (S_IS_EXTERNAL (symbolP) || !S_IS_DEFINED (symbolP))
+ 	    /* This warning should never get triggered any more.
+ 	       Well, maybe if you're doing twisted things with