diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/Makefile b/src/cmd/objdump/Makefile
index 426b95e53c5a0c7e2fed07e45a4e7654d6ba1eae..40901909e62e077f86020d660fadb31ba04f3ed9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/objdump/Makefile
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 x86.go: bundle
-	./bundle -p main -x x86_ rsc.io/x86/x86asm >x86.go
+	./bundle -p main -x x86_ rsc.io/x86/x86asm | gofmt >x86.go
 
 bundle:
 	go build -o bundle code.google.com/p/rsc/cmd/bundle
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/elf.go b/src/cmd/objdump/elf.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..017c2034e5c97ffa2c0064d9564fd471081848c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/elf.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Parsing of ELF executables (Linux, FreeBSD, and so on).
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"debug/elf"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func elfSymbols(f *os.File) (syms []Sym, goarch string) {
+	p, err := elf.NewFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorf("parsing %s: %v", f.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	elfSyms, err := p.Symbols()
+	if err != nil {
+		errorf("parsing %s: %v", f.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch p.Machine {
+	case elf.EM_X86_64:
+		goarch = "amd64"
+	case elf.EM_386:
+		goarch = "386"
+	case elf.EM_ARM:
+		goarch = "arm"
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range elfSyms {
+		sym := Sym{Addr: s.Value, Name: s.Name, Size: int64(s.Size), Code: '?'}
+		switch s.Section {
+		case elf.SHN_UNDEF:
+			sym.Code = 'U'
+		case elf.SHN_COMMON:
+			sym.Code = 'B'
+		default:
+			i := int(s.Section)
+			if i <= 0 || i > len(p.Sections) {
+				break
+			}
+			sect := p.Sections[i-1]
+			switch sect.Flags & (elf.SHF_WRITE | elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_EXECINSTR) {
+			case elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_EXECINSTR:
+				sym.Code = 'T'
+			case elf.SHF_ALLOC:
+				sym.Code = 'R'
+			case elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_WRITE:
+				sym.Code = 'D'
+			}
+		}
+		if elf.ST_BIND(s.Info) == elf.STB_LOCAL {
+			sym.Code += 'a' - 'A'
+		}
+		syms = append(syms, sym)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/macho.go b/src/cmd/objdump/macho.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e0ad223d471349054c2a416f9eb78613a5a063f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/macho.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Parsing of Mach-O executables (OS X).
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"debug/macho"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+func machoSymbols(f *os.File) (syms []Sym, goarch string) {
+	p, err := macho.NewFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorf("parsing %s: %v", f.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if p.Symtab == nil {
+		errorf("%s: no symbol table", f.Name())
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch p.Cpu {
+	case macho.Cpu386:
+		goarch = "386"
+	case macho.CpuAmd64:
+		goarch = "amd64"
+	case macho.CpuArm:
+		goarch = "arm"
+	}
+
+	// Build sorted list of addresses of all symbols.
+	// We infer the size of a symbol by looking at where the next symbol begins.
+	var addrs []uint64
+	for _, s := range p.Symtab.Syms {
+		addrs = append(addrs, s.Value)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(uint64s(addrs))
+
+	for _, s := range p.Symtab.Syms {
+		sym := Sym{Name: s.Name, Addr: s.Value, Code: '?'}
+		i := sort.Search(len(addrs), func(x int) bool { return addrs[x] > s.Value })
+		if i < len(addrs) {
+			sym.Size = int64(addrs[i] - s.Value)
+		}
+		if s.Sect == 0 {
+			sym.Code = 'U'
+		} else if int(s.Sect) <= len(p.Sections) {
+			sect := p.Sections[s.Sect-1]
+			switch sect.Seg {
+			case "__TEXT":
+				sym.Code = 'R'
+			case "__DATA":
+				sym.Code = 'D'
+			}
+			switch sect.Seg + " " + sect.Name {
+			case "__TEXT __text":
+				sym.Code = 'T'
+			case "__DATA __bss", "__DATA __noptrbss":
+				sym.Code = 'B'
+			}
+		}
+		syms = append(syms, sym)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+type uint64s []uint64
+
+func (x uint64s) Len() int           { return len(x) }
+func (x uint64s) Swap(i, j int)      { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] }
+func (x uint64s) Less(i, j int) bool { return x[i] < x[j] }
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/main.go b/src/cmd/objdump/main.go
index 82b896f44c6be6ffe6eafa831c472964b8819181..62cbdec90d9c796a6fc2939b6972a8c0410a5d56 100644
--- a/src/cmd/objdump/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/main.go
@@ -2,17 +2,24 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Objdump is a minimal simulation of the GNU objdump tool,
-// just enough to support pprof.
+// Objdump disassembles executable files.
 //
 // Usage:
+//
+//	go tool objdump [-s symregexp] binary
+//
+// Objdump prints a disassembly of all text symbols (code) in the binary.
+// If the -s option is present, objdump only disassembles
+// symbols with names matching the regular expression.
+//
+// Alternate usage:
+//
 //	go tool objdump binary start end
 //
-// Objdump disassembles the binary starting at the start address and
+// In this mode, objdump disassembles the binary starting at the start address and
 // stopping at the end address. The start and end addresses are program
 // counters written in hexadecimal with optional leading 0x prefix.
-//
-// It prints a sequence of stanzas of the form:
+// In this mode, objdump prints a sequence of stanzas of the form:
 //
 //	file:line
 //	 address: assembly
@@ -21,49 +28,61 @@
 //
 // Each stanza gives the disassembly for a contiguous range of addresses
 // all mapped to the same original source file and line number.
+// This mode is intended for use by pprof.
 //
-// The disassembler is missing (golang.org/issue/7452) but will be added
+// The ARM disassembler is missing (golang.org/issue/7452) but will be added
 // before the Go 1.3 release.
-//
-// This tool is intended for use only by pprof; its interface may change or
-// it may be deleted entirely in future releases.
 package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"debug/elf"
 	"debug/gosym"
 	"debug/macho"
 	"debug/pe"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"text/tabwriter"
 )
 
-func printUsage(w *os.File) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "usage: objdump binary start end\n")
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "disassembles binary from start PC to end PC.\n")
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "start and end are hexadecimal numbers with optional leading 0x prefix.\n")
-}
+var symregexp = flag.String("s", "", "only dump symbols matching this regexp")
+var symRE *regexp.Regexp
 
 func usage() {
-	printUsage(os.Stderr)
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: go tool objdump [-s symregexp] binary [start end]\n\n")
+	flag.PrintDefaults()
 	os.Exit(2)
 }
 
+type lookupFunc func(addr uint64) (sym string, base uint64)
+type disasmFunc func(code []byte, pc uint64, lookup lookupFunc) (text string, size int)
+
 func main() {
 	log.SetFlags(0)
 	log.SetPrefix("objdump: ")
 
 	flag.Usage = usage
 	flag.Parse()
-	if flag.NArg() != 3 {
+	if flag.NArg() != 1 && flag.NArg() != 3 {
 		usage()
 	}
 
+	if *symregexp != "" {
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(*symregexp)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("invalid -s regexp: %v", err)
+		}
+		symRE = re
+	}
+
 	f, err := os.Open(flag.Arg(0))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -74,12 +93,140 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("reading %s: %v", flag.Arg(0), err)
 	}
 
+	syms, goarch, err := loadSymbols(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("reading %s: %v", flag.Arg(0), err)
+	}
+
+	// Filter out section symbols, overwriting syms in place.
+	keep := syms[:0]
+	for _, sym := range syms {
+		switch sym.Name {
+		case "text", "_text", "etext", "_etext":
+			// drop
+		default:
+			keep = append(keep, sym)
+		}
+	}
+	syms = keep
+
+	disasm := disasms[goarch]
+	if disasm == nil {
+		log.Fatalf("reading %s: unknown architecture", flag.Arg(0))
+	}
+
+	lookup := func(addr uint64) (string, uint64) {
+		i := sort.Search(len(syms), func(i int) bool { return syms[i].Addr > addr })
+		if i > 0 {
+			s := syms[i-1]
+			if s.Addr <= addr && addr < s.Addr+uint64(s.Size) && s.Name != "etext" && s.Name != "_etext" {
+				return s.Name, s.Addr
+			}
+		}
+		return "", 0
+	}
+
 	pcln := gosym.NewLineTable(pclntab, textStart)
 	tab, err := gosym.NewTable(symtab, pcln)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("reading %s: %v", flag.Arg(0), err)
 	}
 
+	if flag.NArg() == 1 {
+		// disassembly of entire object - our format
+		dump(tab, lookup, disasm, syms, textData, textStart)
+		os.Exit(exitCode)
+	}
+
+	// disassembly of specific piece of object - gnu objdump format for pprof
+	gnuDump(tab, lookup, disasm, textData, textStart)
+	os.Exit(exitCode)
+}
+
+// base returns the final element in the path.
+// It works on both Windows and Unix paths.
+func base(path string) string {
+	path = path[strings.LastIndex(path, "/")+1:]
+	path = path[strings.LastIndex(path, `\`)+1:]
+	return path
+}
+
+func dump(tab *gosym.Table, lookup lookupFunc, disasm disasmFunc, syms []Sym, textData []byte, textStart uint64) {
+	stdout := bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	defer stdout.Flush()
+
+	printed := false
+	for _, sym := range syms {
+		if sym.Code != 'T' || sym.Size == 0 || sym.Name == "_text" || sym.Name == "text" || sym.Addr < textStart || symRE != nil && !symRE.MatchString(sym.Name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if sym.Addr >= textStart+uint64(len(textData)) || sym.Addr+uint64(sym.Size) > textStart+uint64(len(textData)) {
+			break
+		}
+		if printed {
+			fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "\n")
+		} else {
+			printed = true
+		}
+		file, _, _ := tab.PCToLine(sym.Addr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "TEXT %s(SB) %s\n", sym.Name, file)
+		tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(stdout, 1, 8, 1, '\t', 0)
+		start := sym.Addr
+		end := sym.Addr + uint64(sym.Size)
+		for pc := start; pc < end; {
+			i := pc - textStart
+			text, size := disasm(textData[i:end-textStart], pc, lookup)
+			file, line, _ := tab.PCToLine(pc)
+			fmt.Fprintf(tw, "\t%s:%d\t%#x\t%x\t%s\n", base(file), line, pc, textData[i:i+uint64(size)], text)
+			pc += uint64(size)
+		}
+		tw.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func disasm_386(code []byte, pc uint64, lookup lookupFunc) (string, int) {
+	return disasm_x86(code, pc, lookup, 32)
+}
+
+func disasm_amd64(code []byte, pc uint64, lookup lookupFunc) (string, int) {
+	return disasm_x86(code, pc, lookup, 64)
+}
+
+func disasm_x86(code []byte, pc uint64, lookup lookupFunc, arch int) (string, int) {
+	inst, err := x86_Decode(code, 64)
+	var text string
+	size := inst.Len
+	if err != nil || size == 0 || inst.Op == 0 {
+		size = 1
+		text = "?"
+	} else {
+		text = x86_plan9Syntax(inst, pc, lookup)
+	}
+	return text, size
+}
+
+func disasm_arm(code []byte, pc uint64, lookup lookupFunc) (string, int) {
+	/*
+		inst, size, err := arm_Decode(code, 64)
+		var text string
+		if err != nil || size == 0 || inst.Op == 0 {
+			size = 1
+			text = "?"
+		} else {
+			text = arm_plan9Syntax(inst, pc, lookup)
+		}
+		return text, size
+	*/
+	return "?", 4
+}
+
+var disasms = map[string]disasmFunc{
+	"386":   disasm_386,
+	"amd64": disasm_amd64,
+	"arm":   disasm_arm,
+}
+
+func gnuDump(tab *gosym.Table, lookup lookupFunc, disasm disasmFunc, textData []byte, textStart uint64) {
 	start, err := strconv.ParseUint(strings.TrimPrefix(flag.Arg(1), "0x"), 16, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("invalid start PC: %v", err)
@@ -90,6 +237,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	stdout := bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	defer stdout.Flush()
 
 	// For now, find spans of same PC/line/fn and
 	// emit them as having dummy instructions.
@@ -105,13 +253,10 @@ func main() {
 			return
 		}
 		fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "%s:%d\n", spanFile, spanLine)
-		for pc := spanPC; pc < endPC; pc++ {
-			// TODO(rsc): Disassemble instructions here.
-			if textStart <= pc && pc-textStart < uint64(len(textData)) {
-				fmt.Fprintf(stdout, " %x: byte %#x\n", pc, textData[pc-textStart])
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fprintf(stdout, " %x: ?\n", pc)
-			}
+		for pc := spanPC; pc < endPC; {
+			text, size := disasm(textData[pc-textStart:], pc, lookup)
+			fmt.Fprintf(stdout, " %x: %s\n", pc, text)
+			pc += uint64(size)
 		}
 		spanPC = 0
 	}
@@ -124,8 +269,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 	flush(end)
-
-	stdout.Flush()
 }
 
 func loadTables(f *os.File) (textStart uint64, textData, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
@@ -217,3 +360,59 @@ func loadPETable(f *pe.File, sname, ename string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return data[ssym.Value:esym.Value], nil
 }
+
+// TODO(rsc): This code is taken from cmd/nm. Arrange some way to share the code.
+
+var exitCode = 0
+
+func errorf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	log.Printf(format, args...)
+	exitCode = 1
+}
+
+func loadSymbols(f *os.File) (syms []Sym, goarch string, err error) {
+	f.Seek(0, 0)
+	buf := make([]byte, 16)
+	io.ReadFull(f, buf)
+	f.Seek(0, 0)
+
+	for _, p := range parsers {
+		if bytes.HasPrefix(buf, p.prefix) {
+			syms, goarch = p.parse(f)
+			sort.Sort(byAddr(syms))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	err = fmt.Errorf("unknown file format")
+	return
+}
+
+type Sym struct {
+	Addr uint64
+	Size int64
+	Code rune
+	Name string
+	Type string
+}
+
+var parsers = []struct {
+	prefix []byte
+	parse  func(*os.File) ([]Sym, string)
+}{
+	{[]byte("\x7FELF"), elfSymbols},
+	{[]byte("\xFE\xED\xFA\xCE"), machoSymbols},
+	{[]byte("\xFE\xED\xFA\xCF"), machoSymbols},
+	{[]byte("\xCE\xFA\xED\xFE"), machoSymbols},
+	{[]byte("\xCF\xFA\xED\xFE"), machoSymbols},
+	{[]byte("MZ"), peSymbols},
+	{[]byte("\x00\x00\x01\xEB"), plan9Symbols}, // 386
+	{[]byte("\x00\x00\x04\x07"), plan9Symbols}, // mips
+	{[]byte("\x00\x00\x06\x47"), plan9Symbols}, // arm
+	{[]byte("\x00\x00\x8A\x97"), plan9Symbols}, // amd64
+}
+
+type byAddr []Sym
+
+func (x byAddr) Len() int           { return len(x) }
+func (x byAddr) Swap(i, j int)      { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] }
+func (x byAddr) Less(i, j int) bool { return x[i].Addr < x[j].Addr }
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go b/src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go
index ba2862c8d56597f1621cda5238f235b37a469c9f..e65b2c80962d78571a69f670db0775316faf2aee 100644
--- a/src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/objdump_test.go
@@ -79,19 +79,10 @@ func TestObjDump(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	syms := loadSyms(t)
 
-	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "TestObjDump")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("TempDir failed: ", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
-
-	exepath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "testobjdump.exe")
-	out, err := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", exepath, "cmd/objdump").CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("go build -o %v cmd/objdump: %v\n%s", exepath, err, string(out))
-	}
+	tmp, exe := buildObjdump(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
 
-	srcPath, srcLineNo := runObjDump(t, exepath, syms["cmd/objdump.TestObjDump"])
+	srcPath, srcLineNo := runObjDump(t, exe, syms["cmd/objdump.TestObjDump"])
 	fi1, err := os.Stat("objdump_test.go")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Stat failed: %v", err)
@@ -107,3 +98,86 @@ func TestObjDump(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("line number = %v; want 76", srcLineNo)
 	}
 }
+
+func buildObjdump(t *testing.T) (tmp, exe string) {
+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "TestObjDump")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("TempDir failed: ", err)
+	}
+
+	exe = filepath.Join(tmp, "testobjdump.exe")
+	out, err := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", exe, "cmd/objdump").CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+		t.Fatalf("go build -o %v cmd/objdump: %v\n%s", exe, err, string(out))
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+var x86Need = []string{
+	"fmthello.go:6",
+	"TEXT main.main(SB)",
+	"JMP main.main(SB)",
+	"CALL fmt.Println(SB)",
+	"RET",
+}
+
+var armNeed = []string{
+	"fmthello.go:6",
+	"TEXT main.main(SB)",
+	"B main.main(SB)",
+	"BL fmt.Println(SB)",
+	"RET",
+}
+
+// objdump is fully cross platform: it can handle binaries
+// from any known operating system and architecture.
+// We could in principle add binaries to testdata and check
+// all the supported systems during this test. However, the
+// binaries would be about 1 MB each, and we don't want to
+// add that much junk to the hg repository. Instead, build a
+// binary for the current system (only) and test that objdump
+// can handle that one.
+
+func TestDisasm(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "plan9" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test; see http://golang.org/issue/7947")
+	}
+
+	tmp, exe := buildObjdump(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+
+	hello := filepath.Join(tmp, "hello.exe")
+	out, err := exec.Command("go", "build", "-o", hello, "testdata/fmthello.go").CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("go build fmthello.go: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	need := []string{
+		"fmthello.go:6",
+		"TEXT main.main(SB)",
+	}
+	switch runtime.GOARCH {
+	case "amd64", "386":
+		need = append(need, x86Need...)
+	case "arm":
+		need = append(need, armNeed...)
+		t.Skip("disassembler not ready on arm yet")
+	}
+
+	out, err = exec.Command(exe, "-s", "main.main", hello).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("objdump fmthello.exe: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	text := string(out)
+	ok := true
+	for _, s := range need {
+		if !strings.Contains(text, s) {
+			t.Errorf("disassembly missing '%s'", s)
+			ok = false
+		}
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		t.Logf("full disassembly:\n%s", text)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/pe.go b/src/cmd/objdump/pe.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..38190095a3d510eb848d57b69a8347833d7dca91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/pe.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Parsing of PE executables (Microsoft Windows).
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"debug/pe"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+func peSymbols(f *os.File) (syms []Sym, goarch string) {
+	p, err := pe.NewFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorf("parsing %s: %v", f.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Build sorted list of addresses of all symbols.
+	// We infer the size of a symbol by looking at where the next symbol begins.
+	var addrs []uint64
+
+	var imageBase uint64
+	switch oh := p.OptionalHeader.(type) {
+	case *pe.OptionalHeader32:
+		imageBase = uint64(oh.ImageBase)
+		goarch = "386"
+	case *pe.OptionalHeader64:
+		imageBase = oh.ImageBase
+		goarch = "amd64"
+	default:
+		errorf("parsing %s: file format not recognized", f.Name())
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range p.Symbols {
+		const (
+			N_UNDEF = 0  // An undefined (extern) symbol
+			N_ABS   = -1 // An absolute symbol (e_value is a constant, not an address)
+			N_DEBUG = -2 // A debugging symbol
+		)
+		sym := Sym{Name: s.Name, Addr: uint64(s.Value), Code: '?'}
+		switch s.SectionNumber {
+		case N_UNDEF:
+			sym.Code = 'U'
+		case N_ABS:
+			sym.Code = 'C'
+		case N_DEBUG:
+			sym.Code = '?'
+		default:
+			if s.SectionNumber < 0 {
+				errorf("parsing %s: invalid section number %d", f.Name(), s.SectionNumber)
+				return
+			}
+			if len(p.Sections) < int(s.SectionNumber) {
+				errorf("parsing %s: section number %d is large then max %d", f.Name(), s.SectionNumber, len(p.Sections))
+				return
+			}
+			sect := p.Sections[s.SectionNumber-1]
+			const (
+				text  = 0x20
+				data  = 0x40
+				bss   = 0x80
+				permX = 0x20000000
+				permR = 0x40000000
+				permW = 0x80000000
+			)
+			ch := sect.Characteristics
+			switch {
+			case ch&text != 0:
+				sym.Code = 'T'
+			case ch&data != 0:
+				if ch&permW == 0 {
+					sym.Code = 'R'
+				} else {
+					sym.Code = 'D'
+				}
+			case ch&bss != 0:
+				sym.Code = 'B'
+			}
+			sym.Addr += imageBase + uint64(sect.VirtualAddress)
+		}
+		syms = append(syms, sym)
+		addrs = append(addrs, sym.Addr)
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(uint64s(addrs))
+	for i := range syms {
+		j := sort.Search(len(addrs), func(x int) bool { return addrs[x] > syms[i].Addr })
+		if j < len(addrs) {
+			syms[i].Size = int64(addrs[j] - syms[i].Addr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/plan9obj.go b/src/cmd/objdump/plan9obj.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5434f8e4403fe53759444d72d7d732a797c8e917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/plan9obj.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Parsing of Plan 9 a.out executables.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"debug/plan9obj"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+func plan9Symbols(f *os.File) (syms []Sym, goarch string) {
+	p, err := plan9obj.NewFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorf("parsing %s: %v", f.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	plan9Syms, err := p.Symbols()
+	if err != nil {
+		errorf("parsing %s: %v", f.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	goarch = "386"
+
+	// Build sorted list of addresses of all symbols.
+	// We infer the size of a symbol by looking at where the next symbol begins.
+	var addrs []uint64
+	for _, s := range plan9Syms {
+		addrs = append(addrs, s.Value)
+	}
+	sort.Sort(uint64s(addrs))
+
+	for _, s := range plan9Syms {
+		sym := Sym{Addr: s.Value, Name: s.Name, Code: rune(s.Type)}
+		i := sort.Search(len(addrs), func(x int) bool { return addrs[x] > s.Value })
+		if i < len(addrs) {
+			sym.Size = int64(addrs[i] - s.Value)
+		}
+		syms = append(syms, sym)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/objdump/testdata/fmthello.go b/src/cmd/objdump/testdata/fmthello.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..635db7ae6c12cddfaa837d9770a225b9225e4ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/objdump/testdata/fmthello.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("hello, world")
+}