diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index ee3227816b..44bc137bc6 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 start-sanitize-v850
+Wed Oct 23 16:21:28 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+
+	* config/tc-v850.c (md_pseudo_table): Add .word; allocates
+	4 bytes of space.
+
 Tue Oct 22 22:01:25 1996  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* config/tc-v850.c (md_assemble): Handle TDAOFF relocs
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-v850.c b/gas/config/tc-v850.c
index b37bc2b52e..cab16ee840 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-v850.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-v850.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ size_t md_longopts_size = sizeof(md_longopts);
 /* The target specific pseudo-ops which we support.  */
 const pseudo_typeS md_pseudo_table[] =
 {
+  {"word", cons, 4},
   { NULL,       NULL,           0 }
 };