diff --git a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
index cfd84c0f67d..9c17da6a4cb 100644
--- a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ ld_plugin_status onload(ld_plugin_tv *tv) {
         switch (tv->tv_u.tv_val) {
           case LDPO_REL:  // .o
           case LDPO_DYN:  // .so
+          // FIXME: Replace 3 with LDPO_PIE once that is in a released binutils.
+          case 3: // position independent executable
             output_type = LTO_CODEGEN_PIC_MODEL_DYNAMIC;
             break;
           case LDPO_EXEC:  // .exe