diff --git a/src/check-exported-symbols.sh b/src/check-exported-symbols.sh
index ea07e571c..6f0bf7fd8 100755
--- a/src/check-exported-symbols.sh
+++ b/src/check-exported-symbols.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ for def in $defs; do
 		echo "Checking that $so has the same symbol list as $def"
 		{
 			echo EXPORTS
-			nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| __bss_start\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>' | cut -d' ' -f3
+			nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>' | cut -d' ' -f3
 			stat=1
 			# cheat: copy the last line from the def file!
 			tail -n1 "$def"
diff --git a/src/check-internal-symbols.sh b/src/check-internal-symbols.sh
index c8d8f44e1..a8fdc537d 100755
--- a/src/check-internal-symbols.sh
+++ b/src/check-internal-symbols.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ for suffix in .so; do
 	so=`echo .libs/libharfbuzz$suffix`
 	if test -f "$so"; then
 		echo "Checking that we are not exposing internal symbols"
-		if nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| T hb_\| __bss_start\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>'; then
+		if nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' T _fini\>\| T _init\>\| T hb_\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>'; then
 			echo "Ouch, internal symbols exposed"
 			stat=1
 		fi