+2015-07-23  Ian Coolidge  <icoolidge@google.com>
+       Plumb --pic-veneer option for gold.
+
+       * arm.cc (Reloc_stub::stub_type_for_reloc): Plumb to stub
+       generation.
+       * options.h (General_options): Add --pic-veneer option.
+
 2015-07-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
        PR gold/18663
 
   // This is a bit ugly but we want to avoid using a templated class for
   // big and little endianities.
   bool may_use_blx;
-  bool should_force_pic_veneer;
+  bool should_force_pic_veneer = parameters->options().pic_veneer();
   bool thumb2;
   bool thumb_only;
   if (parameters->target().is_big_endian())
       const Target_arm<true>* big_endian_target =
        Target_arm<true>::default_target();
       may_use_blx = big_endian_target->may_use_v5t_interworking();
-      should_force_pic_veneer = big_endian_target->should_force_pic_veneer();
+      should_force_pic_veneer |= big_endian_target->should_force_pic_veneer();
       thumb2 = big_endian_target->using_thumb2();
       thumb_only = big_endian_target->using_thumb_only();
     }
       const Target_arm<false>* little_endian_target =
        Target_arm<false>::default_target();
       may_use_blx = little_endian_target->may_use_v5t_interworking();
-      should_force_pic_veneer = little_endian_target->should_force_pic_veneer();
+      should_force_pic_veneer |=
+        little_endian_target->should_force_pic_veneer();
       thumb2 = little_endian_target->using_thumb2();
       thumb_only = little_endian_target->using_thumb_only();
     }
 
                    N_("Do not create a position independent executable"),
                    false);
 
+  DEFINE_bool(pic_veneer, options::TWO_DASHES, '\0', false,
+             N_("Force PIC sequences for ARM/Thumb interworking veneers"),
+             NULL);
+
   DEFINE_bool(pipeline_knowledge, options::ONE_DASH, '\0', false,
              NULL, N_("(ARM only) Ignore for backward compatibility"));