diff --git a/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab.go b/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab.go
index 9cfab82d6..8fec6ad75 100644
--- a/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab.go
+++ b/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ package elfunwindinfo // import "go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/nativeunwind/
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"debug/elf"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/version"
 	"io"
@@ -50,6 +52,12 @@ const (
 	go1_16    = 16
 	go1_18    = 18
 	go1_20    = 20
+
+	// Offset of the text field in moduledata struct for Go 1.16+
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/blob/release-branch.go1.16/src/runtime/symtab.go#L370
+	textOffset = 22 * 8
+	// section name for the module data for Go 1.26+
+	moduleDataSectionName = ".go.module"
 )
 
 func goMagicToVersion(magic uint32) uint8 {
@@ -469,16 +477,13 @@ func NewGopclntab(ef *pfelf.File) (*Gopclntab, error) {
 		g.funcdata = g.functab
 		g.textStart = hdr118.textStart
 		if g.textStart == 0 {
-			// Starting with Go 1.26 the field textStart is set to 0 but moduledata.text
-			// which contains the same value is unaffected.
-			// The following logic assumes that .text matches moduledata.text
-			// which might not always be true (in which case we need to switch to moduledata.text
-			// which can be found through runtime.firstmoduledata).
-			//
-			//nolint:lll
-			// See https://github.com/golang/go/commit/0e1bd8b5f17e337df0ffb57af03419b96c695fe4
-			if sec := ef.Section(".text"); sec != nil {
-				g.textStart = uintptr(sec.Addr)
+			// Starting from Go 1.26, textStart address in pclntab is always set to 0.
+			// Therefore we need to get it from either `runtime.text` symbol or moduledata.
+			// Note that it does not always match the address of `.text` section
+			// (for example with cgo binaries or when built with -linkmode=external).
+			g.textStart, err = findTextStart(ef)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find text start: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 		// With the change of the type of the first field of _func in Go 1.18, this
@@ -590,6 +595,25 @@ func (g *Gopclntab) Symbolize(pc uintptr) (sourceFile string, line uint, funcNam
 	return sourceFile, line, funcName
 }
 
+func findTextStart(ef *pfelf.File) (uintptr, error) {
+	// Get textstart from moduledata
+	// Starting from Go 1.26, moduledata has its own `.go.module` section.
+	// Since this function is expected to be called only for Go 1.26+ binaries,
+	// we can expect that the section exists and error out if it does not.
+	moduleDataSection := ef.Section(moduleDataSectionName)
+	if moduleDataSection == nil || moduleDataSection.Type == elf.SHT_NOBITS {
+		return 0, errors.New("could not find .go.module section or it is empty")
+	}
+
+	var textBytes [8]byte
+	_, err := moduleDataSection.ReadAt(textBytes[:], textOffset)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not read .go.module section at offset %v: %w", textOffset, err)
+	}
+
+	return uintptr(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(textBytes[:])), nil
+}
+
 type strategy int
 
 const (
diff --git a/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab_test.go b/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab_test.go
index 679fc1186..b49520f52 100644
--- a/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab_test.go
+++ b/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/elfgopclntab_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"debug/elf"
 	"testing"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/libpf"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/libpf/pfelf"
 	sdtypes "go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/nativeunwind/stackdeltatypes"
 
@@ -96,3 +97,37 @@ func TestParseGoPclntab(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTextStart(t *testing.T) {
+	ef, err := pfelf.Open("testdata/helloworld.linkexternal")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer ef.Close()
+
+	var runtimeTextAddr uintptr
+	ef.VisitSymbols(func(sym libpf.Symbol) bool {
+		if sym.Name == "runtime.text" {
+			runtimeTextAddr = uintptr(sym.Address)
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	require.NotZero(t, runtimeTextAddr)
+
+	g, err := NewGopclntab(ef)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, g)
+	defer g.Close()
+
+	require.Equal(t, runtimeTextAddr, g.textStart)
+
+	// stripped binary should have the same text start
+	efStripped, err := pfelf.Open("testdata/helloworld.linkexternal.stripped")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer efStripped.Close()
+	gStripped, err := NewGopclntab(efStripped)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, gStripped)
+	defer gStripped.Close()
+
+	require.Equal(t, runtimeTextAddr, gStripped.textStart)
+}
diff --git a/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/testdata/Makefile b/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/testdata/Makefile
index 6fabd59f8..748fec7d9 100644
--- a/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/testdata/Makefile
+++ b/nativeunwind/elfunwindinfo/testdata/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 BINARIES=helloworld \
 	helloworld.pie \
 	helloworld.stripped.pie \
-	helloworld.arm64
+	helloworld.arm64 \
+	helloworld.linkexternal \
+	helloworld.linkexternal.stripped
 
 # Use the default go executable if it is not specified otherwise.
 GO_BINARY ?= go
@@ -24,3 +26,9 @@ helloworld.stripped.pie:
 
 helloworld.arm64:
 	GOARCH=arm64 $(GO_BINARY) build -o $@ helloworld.go
+
+helloworld.linkexternal:
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 GOTOOLCHAIN=go1.26rc2 $(GO_BINARY) build -ldflags="-linkmode=external" -o $@ helloworld.go
+
+helloworld.linkexternal.stripped: helloworld.linkexternal
+	objcopy -S $< $@