diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d92dfa29fd9ac5ae4391b3d6f39d8b9fc55c87c4..7f7dabe1cfbc6e5cf8dc659fb4ea48b0bdb8f639 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-20  Andreas Schwab  <whitebox_@gmx.de>
+
+	* config/pa/pa-linux.h (STRING_ASM_OP): Prepend and append a tab.
+
 2006-05-19  Mike Stump  <mrs@apple.com>
 
 	* c-tree.h (default_conversion): Remove.
diff --git a/gcc/config/pa/pa-linux.h b/gcc/config/pa/pa-linux.h
index 81dc152fcb8cd75c37eeaf7f98515287968d64c8..7d604a1a727ce79e1da4c48ce1ee54e5c5b2e31b 100644
--- a/gcc/config/pa/pa-linux.h
+++ b/gcc/config/pa/pa-linux.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
    file which includes this one.  */
 
 #undef STRING_ASM_OP
-#define STRING_ASM_OP   ".stringz"
+#define STRING_ASM_OP   "\t.stringz\t"
 
 #define TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP "\t.text"
 #define DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP "\t.data"