diff --git a/elf.h b/elf.h
index d7617472..68f39900 100644
--- a/elf.h
+++ b/elf.h
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ typedef struct
 					   required */
 #define SHF_GROUP	     (1 << 9)	/* Section is member of a group.  */
 #define SHF_TLS		     (1 << 10)	/* Section hold thread-local data.  */
+#define SHF_COMPRESSED	     (1 << 11)	/* Section with compressed data. */
 #define SHF_MASKOS	     0x0ff00000	/* OS-specific.  */
 #define SHF_MASKPROC	     0xf0000000	/* Processor-specific */
 #define SHF_ORDERED	     (1 << 30)	/* Special ordering requirement
diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index 76f3da6e..5dc1e70c 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ ST_FUNC int tcc_load_object_file(TCCState *s1,
 {
     ElfW(Ehdr) ehdr;
     ElfW(Shdr) *shdr, *sh;
-    int size, i, j, offset, offseti, nb_syms, sym_index, ret;
+    int size, i, j, offset, offseti, nb_syms, sym_index, ret, seencompressed;
     unsigned char *strsec, *strtab;
     int *old_to_new_syms;
     char *sh_name, *name;
@@ -2232,6 +2232,7 @@ ST_FUNC int tcc_load_object_file(TCCState *s1,
     symtab = NULL;
     strtab = NULL;
     nb_syms = 0;
+    seencompressed = 0;
     for(i = 1; i < ehdr.e_shnum; i++) {
         sh = &shdr[i];
         if (sh->sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB) {
@@ -2249,6 +2250,8 @@ ST_FUNC int tcc_load_object_file(TCCState *s1,
             sh = &shdr[sh->sh_link];
             strtab = load_data(fd, file_offset + sh->sh_offset, sh->sh_size);
         }
+	if (sh->sh_flags & SHF_COMPRESSED)
+	    seencompressed = 1;
     }
 
     /* now examine each section and try to merge its content with the
@@ -2272,6 +2275,12 @@ ST_FUNC int tcc_load_object_file(TCCState *s1,
             strcmp(sh_name, ".stabstr")
             )
             continue;
+	if (seencompressed
+	    && (!strncmp(sh_name, ".debug_", sizeof(".debug_")-1)
+		|| (sh->sh_type == SHT_RELX
+		    && !strncmp((char*)strsec + shdr[sh->sh_info].sh_name,
+			        ".debug_", sizeof(".debug_")-1))))
+	  continue;
         if (sh->sh_addralign < 1)
             sh->sh_addralign = 1;
         /* find corresponding section, if any */