diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
index b5bc50835660f..ae676935fc0bc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import (
 //
 //	1. direct call
 //	2. through a reachable interface type
-//	3. reflect.Value.Method, or reflect.Type.Method
+//	3. reflect.Value.Method (or MethodByName), or reflect.Type.Method
+//	   (or MethodByName)
 //
 // The first case is handled by the flood fill, a directly called method
 // is marked as reachable.
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 // as reachable. This is extremely conservative, but easy and correct.
 //
 // The third case is handled by looking to see if any of:
-//	- reflect.Value.Method is reachable
+//	- reflect.Value.Method or MethodByName is reachable
 // 	- reflect.Type.Method or MethodByName is called (through the
 // 	  REFLECTMETHOD attribute marked by the compiler).
 // If any of these happen, all bets are off and all exported methods
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go
index 1aa65aee7877e..93df626c21574 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ func deadcode2(ctxt *Link) {
 	d.flood()
 
 	methSym := ldr.Lookup("reflect.Value.Method", sym.SymVerABIInternal)
+	methByNameSym := ldr.Lookup("reflect.Value.MethodByName", sym.SymVerABIInternal)
 	if ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
 		// Exported methods may satisfy interfaces we don't know
 		// about yet when dynamically linking.
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ func deadcode2(ctxt *Link) {
 		// Methods might be called via reflection. Give up on
 		// static analysis, mark all exported methods of
 		// all reachable types as reachable.
-		d.reflectSeen = d.reflectSeen || (methSym != 0 && ldr.AttrReachable(methSym))
+		d.reflectSeen = d.reflectSeen || (methSym != 0 && ldr.AttrReachable(methSym)) || (methByNameSym != 0 && ldr.AttrReachable(methByNameSym))
 
 		// Mark all methods that could satisfy a discovered
 		// interface as reachable. We recheck old marked interfaces