diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index c70fef657328580b8f7ee6aff1aa796df1ccf5dc..b9ffa05b3c60418469b636e023d0cf6b62d58c99 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-12-16  Geoffrey Keating  <geoffk@apple.com>
+
+	* gcc.c (validate_switches): Allow '@' as a switch name.
+
 2002-12-16  Loren J. Rittle  <ljrittle@acm.org>
 
 	* Makefile.in (gcov-iov.h): Improve portability.
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index 3f37fce6d9f9d09ffa0dcd9a6028a1e0f92415ce..b66d53c720d437ed74ed516bb60280373afc774e 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -6778,7 +6778,7 @@ next_member:
 
   atom = p;
   while (ISIDNUM (*p) || *p == '-' || *p == '+' || *p == '='
-	 || *p == ',' || *p == '.')
+	 || *p == ',' || *p == '.' || *p == '@')
     p++;
   len = p - atom;