diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 2f5a02e6c86..08c4d0d776f 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-04-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp (AFLAGS_PIC): Add -mpic for nds32.
+
 2018-04-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* po/BLD-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
index b0bcc0e58ba..eb54eb9239a 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ set old_ASFLAGS $ASFLAGS
 # This target requires extra GAS options when building code for shared
 # libraries.
 set AFLAGS_PIC ""
+if [istarget "nds32*-*"] {
+    append AFLAGS_PIC " -mpic"
+}
 if [istarget "tic6x-*-*"] {
     append AFLAGS_PIC " -mpic -mpid=near"
 }