diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 60a31032b7..cbcda0a411 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-14  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* testsuite/config/default.exp [bfin*-elf*] (gcc_B_opt): Add -msim.
+
 2021-01-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 27160
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp b/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
index af313bb7dc..4090f1287c 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ if { [istarget rx-*-*] } {
     set ASFLAGS "-muse-conventional-section-names"
 }
 
+# Blackfin ELF targets require selection of an explicit CPU.  Use the sim.
+if {[istarget bfin*-elf*]} {
+    append gcc_B_opt " -msim"
+}
+
 # load the utility procedures
 load_lib ld-lib.exp