diff --git a/gas/config/tc-vax.c b/gas/config/tc-vax.c
index 50adf532a15..d1a2998cdf5 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-vax.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-vax.c
@@ -2178,18 +2178,19 @@ md_create_short_jump (char *ptr,
 
 void
 md_create_long_jump (char *ptr,
-		     addressT from_addr ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+		     addressT from_addr,
 		     addressT to_addr,
-		     fragS *frag,
-		     symbolS *to_symbol)
+		     fragS *frag ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+		     symbolS *to_symbol ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
   valueT offset;
 
-  offset = to_addr - S_GET_VALUE (to_symbol);
-  *ptr++ = VAX_JMP;		/* Arbitrary jump.  */
-  *ptr++ = VAX_ABSOLUTE_MODE;
+  /* account for 1 byte instruction, 1 byte of address specifier and
+     4 bytes of offset from PC */
+  offset = to_addr - (from_addr + 1 + 1 + 4);
+  *ptr++ = VAX_JMP;	     /* long jump */
+  *ptr++ = VAX_PC_RELATIVE_MODE;
   md_number_to_chars (ptr, offset, 4);
-  fix_new (frag, ptr - frag->fr_literal, 4, to_symbol, (long) 0, 0, NO_RELOC);
 }
 
 #ifdef OBJ_VMS
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/broken_word.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/broken_word.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8040b4f72e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/broken_word.d
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#as:
+#objdump: -dr
+
+.*:     file format .*
+
+
+Disassembly of section .text:
+
+00000000 <asmfn>:
+       0:	00 00       	\.word 0x0000 # Entry mask: < >
+       2:	c2 04 5e    	subl2 \$0x4,sp
+       5:	d0 ac 04 50 	movl 0x4\(ap\),r0
+       9:	cf 50 01 02 	casel r0,\$0x1,\$0x2
+
+0000000d <\.casetable>:
+       d:	1d 00 85 7f 09 00  .*
+
+00000013 <\.casetableend>:
+      13:	31 06 00    	brw 1c <casedefault>
+      16:	17 ef 87 83 	jmp 83a3 <case3>
+      1a:	00 00 *
+
+0000001c <casedefault>:
+      1c:	df ef 00 00 	pushal .*
+      20:	00 00 *
+			1e: R_VAX_PC32	\.rodata\+0x18
+      22:	fb 01 ef 00 	calls \$0x1,.*
+      26:	00 00 00 *
+			25: R_VAX_PC32	printf
+
+00000029 <asmret>:
+      29:	04          	ret
+
+0000002a <case1>:
+      2a:	df ef 00 00 	pushal .*
+      2e:	00 00 *
+			2c: R_VAX_PC32	\.rodata
+      30:	fb 01 ef 00 	calls \$0x1,.*
+      34:	00 00 00 *
+			33: R_VAX_PC32	printf
+      37:	17 af ef    	jmp 29 <asmret>
+	\.\.\.
+
+00007f92 <case2>:
+    7f92:	df ef 00 00 	pushal .*
+    7f96:	00 00 *
+			7f94: R_VAX_PC32	\.rodata\+0x8
+    7f98:	fb 01 ef 00 	calls \$0x1,.*
+    7f9c:	00 00 00 *
+			7f9b: R_VAX_PC32	printf
+    7f9f:	17 cf 86 80 	jmp 29 <asmret>
+	\.\.\.
+
+000083a3 <case3>:
+    83a3:	df ef 00 00 	pushal .*
+    83a7:	00 00 *
+			83a5: R_VAX_PC32	\.rodata\+0x10
+    83a9:	fb 01 ef 00 	calls \$0x1,.*
+    83ad:	00 00 00 *
+			83ac: R_VAX_PC32	printf
+    83b0:	17 ef 73 7c 	jmp 29 <asmret>
+    83b4:	ff ff *
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/broken_word.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/broken_word.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..445b0bc8fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/broken_word.s
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+	.text
+
+	.globl	printf
+
+	.globl asmfn
+	.type	asmfn, @function
+asmfn:
+	.word 0
+	subl2 $4,%sp
+	movl 4(%ap), %r0
+
+	casel	%r0, $1, $(3 - 1)
+	.type	.casetable, @object
+.casetable:
+	.word	case1 - .casetable
+	.word	case2 - .casetable
+	.word	case3 - .casetable
+# define a label here for disassembly of magically added branch and jump
+.casetableend = .casetable + 6
+	.type	.casetableend, @notype
+
+casedefault:
+	pushal	msg_default
+	calls	$1, printf
+asmret:
+	ret
+
+# Case1 is close by, within the range of a word offset
+case1:
+	pushal	msg_case1
+	calls	$1, printf
+	jmp	asmret
+	.skip	32600
+
+# Case2 is still within the range of a signed word offset
+case2:
+	pushal	msg_case2
+	calls	$1, printf
+	jmp	asmret
+	.skip	1024
+
+# Case3 is now no longer within the range of a signed word offset
+case3:
+	pushal	msg_case3
+	calls	$1, printf
+	jmp	asmret
+
+
+	.section	.rodata
+msg_case1:
+	.string	"Case 1\n"
+msg_case2:
+	.string	"Case 2\n"
+msg_case3:
+	.string	"Case 3\n"
+msg_default:
+	.string	"Default case\n"
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/vax.exp b/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/vax.exp
index f7f6afe5a1c..5acaf5e860e 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/vax.exp
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/vax/vax.exp
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #
 # Some generic VAX tests
 #
+if ![istarget vax-*-* ] then {
+    return
+}
 
 proc do_quad {} {
     set testname "quad.s: quadword immediate values"
@@ -42,12 +45,12 @@ proc do_quad {} {
     if [all_ones $x1 $x2 $x3] then { pass $testname } else { fail $testname }
 }
 
-if [istarget vax-*-* ] then {
-    do_quad
 
-    run_dump_test "flonum"
+do_quad
 
-    if { [istarget vax-*-*elf*] || [istarget vax-*-linux-*] } then {
-	run_dump_test "elf-rel"
-    }
+run_dump_test flonum
+run_dump_test broken_word
+
+if { [istarget vax-*-*elf*] || [istarget vax-*-linux-*] } then {
+    run_dump_test elf-rel
 }
