diff --git a/crates/rewrite/testfiles/elf/libbase.so.noop b/crates/rewrite/testfiles/elf/libbase.so.noop
index bf66c185..e30977ba 100644
--- a/crates/rewrite/testfiles/elf/libbase.so.noop
+++ b/crates/rewrite/testfiles/elf/libbase.so.noop
@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@ SectionHeader {
         SHF_ALLOC (0x2)
     Address: 0x2F0
     Offset: 0x2F0
-    Size: 0x24
+    Size: 0x28
     Link: 4
     Info: 0
     AddressAlign: 0x8
     EntrySize: 0x0
     GnuHash {
         BucketCount: 2
-        SymbolBase: 7
+        SymbolBase: 6
         BloomCount: 1
         BloomShift: 6
     }
@@ -424,25 +424,25 @@ SectionHeader {
     }
     Symbol {
         Index: 6
-        Name: "libbase.so"
+        Name: "main"
         Version: "libbase.so"
-        Value: 0x0
-        Size: 0x0
-        Type: STT_OBJECT (0x1)
+        Value: 0x1119
+        Size: 0x23
+        Type: STT_FUNC (0x2)
         Bind: STB_GLOBAL (0x1)
         Other: STV_DEFAULT (0x0)
-        SectionIndex: SHN_ABS (0xFFF1)
+        SectionIndex: 15
     }
     Symbol {
         Index: 7
-        Name: "main"
+        Name: "libbase.so"
         Version: "libbase.so"
-        Value: 0x1119
-        Size: 0x23
-        Type: STT_FUNC (0x2)
+        Value: 0x0
+        Size: 0x0
+        Type: STT_OBJECT (0x1)
         Bind: STB_GLOBAL (0x1)
         Other: STV_DEFAULT (0x0)
-        SectionIndex: 15
+        SectionIndex: SHN_ABS (0xFFF1)
     }
 }
 SectionHeader {
diff --git a/src/build/elf.rs b/src/build/elf.rs
index 9e31778b..3441d903 100644
--- a/src/build/elf.rs
+++ b/src/build/elf.rs
@@ -907,7 +907,9 @@ impl<'data> Builder<'data> {
                 if hash_id.is_some() {
                     hash = Some(elf::hash(&symbol.name));
                 }
-                if gnu_hash_id.is_some() && symbol.section.is_some() {
+                if gnu_hash_id.is_some()
+                    && (symbol.section.is_some() || symbol.st_shndx != elf::SHN_UNDEF)
+                {
                     gnu_hash = Some(elf::gnu_hash(&symbol.name));
                 }
             }