diff --git a/libelf/gelf_getsym.c b/libelf/gelf_getsym.c
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+/* Get symbol information from symbol table at the given index.
+   Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 1999.
+
+   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 <assert.h>
+#include <gelf.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "libelfP.h"
+
+
+GElf_Sym *
+gelf_getsym (Elf_Data *data, int ndx, GElf_Sym *dst)
+{
+  Elf_Data_Scn *data_scn = (Elf_Data_Scn *) data;
+  GElf_Sym *result = NULL;
+
+  if (data == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if (unlikely (data->d_type != ELF_T_SYM))
+    {
+      __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_HANDLE);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  rwlock_rdlock (data_scn->s->elf->lock);
+
+  /* This is the one place where we have to take advantage of the fact
+     that an `Elf_Data' pointer is also a pointer to `Elf_Data_Scn'.
+     The interface is broken so that it requires this hack.  */
+  if (data_scn->s->elf->class == ELFCLASS32)
+    {
+      Elf32_Sym *src;
+
+      /* Here it gets a bit more complicated.  The format of the symbol
+	 table entries has to be adopted.  The user better has provided
+	 a buffer where we can store the information.  While copying the
+	 data we are converting the format.  */
+      if (INVALID_NDX (ndx, Elf32_Sym, data))
+	{
+	  __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_INDEX);
+	  goto out;
+	}
+
+      src = &((Elf32_Sym *) data->d_buf)[ndx];
+
+      /* This might look like a simple copy operation but it's
+	 not.  There are zero- and sign-extensions going on.  */
+#define COPY(name) \
+      dst->name = src->name
+      COPY (st_name);
+      /* Please note that we can simply copy the `st_info' element since
+	 the definitions of ELFxx_ST_BIND and ELFxx_ST_TYPE are the same
+	 for the 64 bit variant.  */
+      COPY (st_info);
+      COPY (st_other);
+      COPY (st_shndx);
+      COPY (st_value);
+      COPY (st_size);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* If this is a 64 bit object it's easy.  */
+      assert (sizeof (GElf_Sym) == sizeof (Elf64_Sym));
+
+      /* The data is already in the correct form.  Just make sure the
+	 index is OK.  */
+      if (INVALID_NDX (ndx, GElf_Sym, data))
+	{
+	  __libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_INVALID_INDEX);
+	  goto out;
+	}
+
+      *dst = ((GElf_Sym *) data->d_buf)[ndx];
+    }
+
+  result = dst;
+
+ out:
+  rwlock_unlock (data_scn->s->elf->lock);
+
+  return result;
+}
+INTDEF(gelf_getsym)