diff -p -up elfutils-0.139/src/elflint.c.sparc_elf32_plt~ elfutils-0.139/src/elflint.c
--- elfutils-0.139/src/elflint.c.sparc_elf32_plt~	2009-02-11 02:48:28.286522823 -0500
+++ elfutils-0.139/src/elflint.c	2009-02-11 04:12:20.217152809 -0500
@@ -3669,7 +3669,11 @@ section [%2zu] '%s' has SHF_ALLOC flag n
 	    gcc_except_table_scnndx = cnt;
 	}
 
-      if (shdr->sh_entsize != 0 && shdr->sh_size % shdr->sh_entsize)
+      size_t scnsize = shdr->sh_size;
+      /* special case of SPARC ELF32 .plt: final single NOP after the last PLT entry */
+      if (!strcmp (scnname, ".plt") && (ehdr->e_machine == EM_SPARC))
+	      scnsize -= 4;
+      if (shdr->sh_entsize != 0 && scnsize % shdr->sh_entsize)
 	ERROR (gettext ("\
 section [%2zu] '%s': size not multiple of entry size\n"),
 	       cnt, section_name (ebl, cnt));
diff -p -up elfutils-0.139/src/strings.c.sparc_elf32_plt~ elfutils-0.139/src/strings.c