1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/io/stat.c b/io/stat.c
index b3631e32c7..4c56a69668 100644
--- a/io/stat.c
+++ b/io/stat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@ __stat (const char *file, struct stat *buf)
 }
 
 weak_alias (__stat, stat)
+
+/* Hide the symbol so that no definition but the one locally in the
+   executable or DSO is used.  */
+#ifdef HAVE_DOT_HIDDEN
+asm (".hidden\tstat");
+asm (".hidden\t__stat");
+#endif