diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a8943124..8c157bc0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+notmuch (0.31.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use readelf instead of nm in T360, hopefully build in ppc64
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:24:23 -0400
+
 notmuch (0.31.2-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Move prerequisite to file targets from phony ones. Thanks to
diff --git a/debian/patches/debian-changes b/debian/patches/debian-changes
index 40ee7d00..3e6eefca 100644
--- a/debian/patches/debian-changes
+++ b/debian/patches/debian-changes
@@ -14,3 +14,17 @@ atomic patches.
  endif
  
  sphinx-html: $(DOCBUILDDIR)/.html.stamp
+--- notmuch-0.31.2.orig/test/T360-symbol-hiding.sh
++++ notmuch-0.31.2/test/T360-symbol-hiding.sh
+@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ test_begin_subtest 'checking output'
+ test_expect_equal "$result" "$output"
+ 
+ test_begin_subtest 'comparing existing to exported symbols'
+-nm -P $NOTMUCH_BUILDDIR/lib/libnotmuch.so | awk '$2 == "T" && $1 ~ "^notmuch" {print $1}' | sort | uniq > ACTUAL
+-sed -n 's/^\(notmuch_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)[[:blank:]]*(.*/\1/p' $NOTMUCH_SRCDIR/lib/notmuch.h | sort | uniq > EXPORTED
++readelf -Ws $NOTMUCH_BUILDDIR/lib/libnotmuch.so | \
++    awk '$4 == "FUNC" && $5 == "GLOBAL" && $7 != "UND" {print $8}' | sort -u > ACTUAL
++sed -n 's/^\(notmuch_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)[[:blank:]]*(.*/\1/p' $NOTMUCH_SRCDIR/lib/notmuch.h | sort -u > EXPORTED
+ test_expect_equal_file EXPORTED ACTUAL
+ 
+ test_done
diff --git a/test/T360-symbol-hiding.sh b/test/T360-symbol-hiding.sh
index b34f1e54..3f00dd38 100755
--- a/test/T360-symbol-hiding.sh
+++ b/test/T360-symbol-hiding.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ test_begin_subtest 'checking output'
 test_expect_equal "$result" "$output"
 
 test_begin_subtest 'comparing existing to exported symbols'
-nm -P $NOTMUCH_BUILDDIR/lib/libnotmuch.so | awk '$2 == "T" && $1 ~ "^notmuch" {print $1}' | sort | uniq > ACTUAL
-sed -n 's/^\(notmuch_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)[[:blank:]]*(.*/\1/p' $NOTMUCH_SRCDIR/lib/notmuch.h | sort | uniq > EXPORTED
+readelf -Ws $NOTMUCH_BUILDDIR/lib/libnotmuch.so | \
+    awk '$4 == "FUNC" && $5 == "GLOBAL" && $7 != "UND" {print $8}' | sort -u > ACTUAL
+sed -n 's/^\(notmuch_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)[[:blank:]]*(.*/\1/p' $NOTMUCH_SRCDIR/lib/notmuch.h | sort -u > EXPORTED
 test_expect_equal_file EXPORTED ACTUAL
 
 test_done