diff --git a/core/elf.cc b/core/elf.cc
index cb93204478..e471d1152a 100644
--- a/core/elf.cc
+++ b/core/elf.cc
@@ -789,6 +789,8 @@ elf64_hash(const char *name)
     return h;
 }
 
+constexpr Elf64_Versym old_version_symbol_mask = Elf64_Versym(1) << 15;
+
 Elf64_Sym* object::lookup_symbol_old(const char* name)
 {
     auto symtab = dynamic_ptr<Elf64_Sym>(DT_SYMTAB);
@@ -842,10 +844,14 @@ Elf64_Sym* object::lookup_symbol_gnu(const char* name)
     if (idx == 0) {
         return nullptr;
     }
+    auto version_symtab = dynamic_exists(DT_VERSYM) ? dynamic_ptr<Elf64_Versym>(DT_VERSYM) : nullptr;
     do {
         if ((chains[idx] & ~1) != (hashval & ~1)) {
             continue;
         }
+        if (version_symtab && version_symtab[idx] & old_version_symbol_mask) { //Ignore old version symbols
+            continue;
+        }
         if (strcmp(&strtab[symtab[idx].st_name], name) == 0) {
             return &symtab[idx];
         }
diff --git a/include/osv/elf.hh b/include/osv/elf.hh
index 775d8c8d5f..4725182e2b 100644
--- a/include/osv/elf.hh
+++ b/include/osv/elf.hh
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ enum {
     DT_RUNPATH = 29, // d_val The string table offset of a shared library search path string.
     DT_FLAGS = 30, // value is various flags, bits from DF_*.
     DT_FLAGS_1 = 0x6ffffffb, // value is various flags, bits from DF_1_*.
+    DT_VERSYM = 0x6ffffff0, // d_ptr Address of the version symbol table.
     DT_LOOS = 0x60000000, // Defines a range of dynamic table tags that are reserved for
       // environment-specific use.
     DT_HIOS = 0x6FFFFFFF, //