diff --git a/module/system/vm/elf.scm b/module/system/vm/elf.scm
index 74d668792..b618761ad 100644
--- a/module/system/vm/elf.scm
+++ b/module/system/vm/elf.scm
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             elf-symbol-info elf-symbol-other elf-symbol-shndx
             elf-symbol-binding elf-symbol-type elf-symbol-visibility
 
-            elf-symbol-len write-elf-symbol
+            elf-symbol-len elf-symbol-value-offset write-elf-symbol
 
             SHN_UNDEF
 
@@ -876,6 +876,12 @@
     ((8) 24)
     (else (error "bad word size" word-size))))
 
+(define (elf-symbol-value-offset word-size)
+  (case word-size
+    ((4) 4)
+    ((8) 8)
+    (else (error "bad word size" word-size))))
+
 (define (parse-elf32-symbol bv offset stroff byte-order)
   (if (<= (+ offset 16) (bytevector-length bv))
       (make-elf-symbol (let ((name (bytevector-u32-ref bv offset byte-order)))