diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99a177f66..835293aec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-07-14  Anton Blanchard  <anton@samba.org>
+
+	* loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c (grub_cmd_linux): Do not reject
+	ET_DYN files.
+
 2010-07-14  Grégoire Sutre  <gregoire.sutre@gmail.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Use the substituted @USE_NLS@ instead of ENABLE_NLS.
diff --git a/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c b/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c
index 930c0cb41..6b17a47ad 100644
--- a/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c
+++ b/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ grub_cmd_linux (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
   if (! elf)
     goto out;
 
-  if (elf->ehdr.ehdr32.e_type != ET_EXEC)
+  if (elf->ehdr.ehdr32.e_type != ET_EXEC && elf->ehdr.ehdr32.e_type != ET_DYN)
     {
       grub_error (GRUB_ERR_UNKNOWN_OS,
 		  "this ELF file is not of the right type");