diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74283dc78..12d8bded6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-10-20  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
+
+	* README.linux: Added comment about DEC cc on Linux Alpha.
+
 2002-10-19  Peter Fales <peter@fales-lorenz.net>
 
 	* backend/dc25.c - Moved use of UNUSEDARG macro to fix
diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux
index 82e6e0e7e..c508f81ae 100644
--- a/README.linux
+++ b/README.linux
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ Excessive warnings "pointer of type `void *' used in arithmetic":
   export CFLAGS="-g -O2 -D__NO_STRING_INLINES"
 
   and rerun configure.
+
+
+If you use DEC cc on Linux Alpha, you may need to set LDFLAGS="-N" to
+  be able to build sane-backends.