diff --git ./bfd/elf64-alpha.c ./bfd/elf64-alpha.c
index 4fc1a542704..a97acdc41de 100644
--- ./bfd/elf64-alpha.c
+++ ./bfd/elf64-alpha.c
@@ -2667,7 +2667,7 @@ elf64_alpha_calc_dynrel_sizes (struct alpha_elf_link_hash_entry *h,
 	    entries * sizeof (Elf64_External_Rela) * relent->count;
 	  if ((sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
 	    {
-	      info->flags |= DT_TEXTREL;
+	      info->flags |= DF_TEXTREL;
 	      info->callbacks->minfo
 		(_("%pB: dynamic relocation against `%pT' in "
 		   "read-only section `%pA'\n"),
diff --git ./ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/textrel.d ./ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/textrel.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e319ab203d3
--- /dev/null
+++ ./ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/textrel.d
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#source: textrel.s
+#ld: -shared -melf64alpha -z notext
+#readelf: -d
+
+# Only DT_TEXTREL, with no DT_FLAGS carrying the SYMBOLIC and STATIC_TLS
+# bits of the value of DT_TEXTREL.
+#...
+ +0x0+16 +\(TEXTREL\) +0x0
+ +0x0+0 +\(NULL\) +0x0
diff --git ./ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/textrel.s ./ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/textrel.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbd0675363d
--- /dev/null
+++ ./ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/textrel.s
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+	.text
+	.globl	_start
+_start:
+	ret
+
+	.data
+	.globl	var
+var:
+	.quad	0
+
+	# A dynamic relocation against a global symbol in a read-only section.
+	.section .rodata,"a",@progbits
+	.quad	var