diff --git a/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc b/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
index f6a18db8a3..b6253adbe1 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
+++ b/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ ElfObject::loadLocalSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask)
     return loadSomeSymbols(symtab, STB_LOCAL, addrMask);
 }
 
+bool
+ElfObject::loadWeakSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask)
+{
+    return loadSomeSymbols(symtab, STB_WEAK, addrMask);
+}
+
 bool
 ElfObject::loadSections(PortProxy& memProxy, Addr addrMask)
 {
diff --git a/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh b/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
index 350a80db15..d3d3e5197d 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
+++ b/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class ElfObject : public ObjectFile
             std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max());
     virtual bool loadLocalSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask =
             std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max());
+    virtual bool loadWeakSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask =
+            std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max());
 
     virtual bool isDynamic() { return sectionExists(".interp"); }
     virtual bool hasTLS() { return sectionExists(".tbss"); }
diff --git a/src/base/loader/object_file.hh b/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
index 4a789d321b..bdc9a31a19 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
+++ b/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ class ObjectFile
             std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max()) = 0;
     virtual bool loadLocalSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask =
             std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max()) = 0;
+    virtual bool loadWeakSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask =
+            std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max())
+    { return false; }
 
     virtual bool isDynamic() { return false; }
     virtual bool hasTLS() { return false; }
diff --git a/src/sim/process.cc b/src/sim/process.cc
index 22a8863032..1654ea5c58 100644
--- a/src/sim/process.cc
+++ b/src/sim/process.cc
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ LiveProcess::LiveProcess(LiveProcessParams * params, ObjectFile *_objFile)
     if (!debugSymbolTable) {
         debugSymbolTable = new SymbolTable();
         if (!objFile->loadGlobalSymbols(debugSymbolTable) ||
-            !objFile->loadLocalSymbols(debugSymbolTable)) {
+            !objFile->loadLocalSymbols(debugSymbolTable) ||
+            !objFile->loadWeakSymbols(debugSymbolTable)) {
             // didn't load any symbols
             delete debugSymbolTable;
             debugSymbolTable = NULL;