diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
index 3c8ab94..2e66cb8 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   
   DwarfEHFrameSection =
    ".section __TEXT,__eh_frame,coalesced,no_toc+strip_static_syms+live_support";
-  DwarfExceptionSection = ".section __DATA,__gcc_except_tab";
   GlobalEHDirective = "\t.globl\t";
   SupportsWeakOmittedEHFrame = false;
 }
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@
     SupportsExceptionHandling = true;
   AbsoluteEHSectionOffsets = false;
   DwarfEHFrameSection = "\t.section\t.eh_frame,\"aw\",@progbits";
-  DwarfExceptionSection = "\t.section\t.gcc_except_table,\"a\",@progbits";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp
index 80bb90e..e961f2a 100644
--- a/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
   DwarfRangesSection = ".debug_ranges";
   DwarfMacroInfoSection = ".debug_macinfo";
   DwarfEHFrameSection = ".eh_frame";
-  DwarfExceptionSection = ".gcc_except_table";
   AsmTransCBE = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp b/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
index a86946d..d04e5c0 100644
--- a/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   ReadOnlySection = 0;
   StaticCtorSection = 0;
   StaticDtorSection = 0;
+  LSDASection = 0;
 }
 
 TargetLoweringObjectFile::~TargetLoweringObjectFile() {
@@ -302,6 +303,14 @@
     getOrCreateSection(".ctors", false, SectionKind::getDataRel());
   StaticDtorSection =
     getOrCreateSection(".dtors", false, SectionKind::getDataRel());
+  
+  
+  // FIXME: We're emitting LSDA info into a readonly section on ELF, even though
+  // it contains relocatable pointers.  In PIC mode, this is probably a big
+  // runtime hit for C++ apps.  Either the contents of the LSDA need to be
+  // adjusted or this should be a data section.
+  LSDASection =
+    getOrCreateSection(".gcc_except_table", false, SectionKind::getReadOnly());
 }
 
 
@@ -537,6 +546,8 @@
       getOrCreateSection(".mod_term_func", true, SectionKind::getDataRel());
   }
   
+  LSDASection = getOrCreateSection("__DATA,__gcc_except_tab", false,
+                                   SectionKind::getDataRel());
 }
 
 const MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileMachO::
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetAsmInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetAsmInfo.cpp
index c30f337..4c90308 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
   AbsoluteEHSectionOffsets = false;
   DwarfEHFrameSection =
   ".section __TEXT,__eh_frame,coalesced,no_toc+strip_static_syms+live_support";
-  DwarfExceptionSection = ".section __DATA,__gcc_except_tab";
 }
 
 unsigned X86DarwinTargetAsmInfo::PreferredEHDataFormat() const {
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@
   SupportsExceptionHandling = true;
   AbsoluteEHSectionOffsets = false;
   DwarfEHFrameSection = "\t.section\t.eh_frame,\"aw\",@progbits";
-  DwarfExceptionSection = "\t.section\t.gcc_except_table,\"a\",@progbits";
 
   // On Linux we must declare when we can use a non-executable stack.
   if (TM.getSubtarget<X86Subtarget>().isLinux())