diff --git a/libbacktrace/ChangeLog b/libbacktrace/ChangeLog
index bfd828ec3e7..662d00e80eb 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/ChangeLog
+++ b/libbacktrace/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-02-26  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	* btest.c (test5): Allow global.* as minimal symbol name for global.
+
 2019-02-26  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
 
 	* Makefile.am (TESTS): Only add b3test_dwz_buildid if HAVE_DWZ.
diff --git a/libbacktrace/btest.c b/libbacktrace/btest.c
index b1c2a2a860d..32718ad1ff2 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/btest.c
+++ b/libbacktrace/btest.c
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ test5 (void)
 	  fprintf (stderr, "test5: NULL syminfo name\n");
 	  symdata.failed = 1;
 	}
-      else if (strcmp (symdata.name, "global") != 0)
+      else if (!(strncmp (symdata.name, "global", 6) == 0
+		 && (symdata.name[6] == '\0'|| symdata.name[6] == '.')))
 	{
 	  fprintf (stderr,
 		   "test5: unexpected syminfo name got %s expected %s\n",