diff --git a/binutils/ld/ldmain.c b/binutils/ld/ldmain.c
index a81d3b71f9..d0e0b12a88 100644
--- a/binutils/ld/ldmain.c
+++ b/binutils/ld/ldmain.c
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   link_info.notice_all = FALSE;
   link_info.nocopyreloc = FALSE;
   link_info.new_dtags = FALSE;
-  /* disable combreloc by default for BeOS: */
-  link_info.combreloc = FALSE;
+  link_info.combreloc = TRUE;
   link_info.eh_frame_hdr = FALSE;
   link_info.strip_discarded = TRUE;
   link_info.strip = strip_none;