diff --git a/gprof/ChangeLog b/gprof/ChangeLog
index 9815b15612..f920961273 100644
--- a/gprof/ChangeLog
+++ b/gprof/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-05-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 24520
+	* corefile.c (core_init): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS.
+
 2019-04-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 24402
diff --git a/gprof/corefile.c b/gprof/corefile.c
index 3717d20294..3f350f5f6b 100644
--- a/gprof/corefile.c
+++ b/gprof/corefile.c
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ core_init (const char * aout_name)
       done (1);
     }
 
+  core_bfd->flags |= BFD_DECOMPRESS;
+
   if (!bfd_check_format (core_bfd, bfd_object))
     {
       fprintf (stderr, _("%s: %s: not in executable format\n"), whoami, aout_name);