diff --git a/backends/s390_symbol.c b/backends/s390_symbol.c
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+/* S/390-specific symbolic name handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#define BACKEND		s390_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+/* Check for the simple reloc types.  */
+Elf_Type
+s390_reloc_simple_type (Ebl *ebl __attribute__ ((unused)), int type)
+{
+  switch (type)
+    {
+    case R_390_64:
+      return ELF_T_SXWORD;
+    case R_390_32:
+      return ELF_T_SWORD;
+    case R_390_16:
+      return ELF_T_HALF;
+    case R_390_8:
+      return ELF_T_BYTE;
+    default:
+      return ELF_T_NUM;
+    }
+}