diff --git a/libelf/gelf_getchdr.c b/libelf/gelf_getchdr.c
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+/* Return section compression header.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 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 "libelfP.h"
+#include <gelf.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+
+GElf_Chdr *
+gelf_getchdr (Elf_Scn *scn, GElf_Chdr *dest)
+{
+  if (scn == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (dest == NULL)
+    {
+      __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_OPERAND);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  if (scn->elf->class == ELFCLASS32)
+    {
+      Elf32_Chdr *chdr = elf32_getchdr (scn);
+      if (chdr == NULL)
+	return NULL;
+      dest->ch_type = chdr->ch_type;
+      dest->ch_size = chdr->ch_size;
+      dest->ch_addralign = chdr->ch_addralign;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      Elf64_Chdr *chdr = elf64_getchdr (scn);
+      if (chdr == NULL)
+	return NULL;
+      *dest = *chdr;
+    }
+
+  return dest;
+}
+INTDEF(gelf_getchdr)