diff --git a/src/linker.cpp b/src/linker.cpp
index 2403da5e..4959597e 100644
--- a/src/linker.cpp
+++ b/src/linker.cpp
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ ElfLinker::Symbol *ElfLinker::findSymbol(const char *name, bool fatal) const {
 ElfLinker::Section *ElfLinker::addSection(const char *sname, const void *sdata, int slen,
                                           unsigned p2align) {
     // printf("addSection: %s len=%d align=%d\n", sname, slen, p2align);
+    if (!sdata
+    &&  (!strcmp("ABS*", sname) || !strcmp("UND*", sname)))
+        return nullptr;
     if (update_capacity(nsections, &nsections_capacity))
         sections =
             static_cast<Section **>(realloc(sections, nsections_capacity * sizeof(Section *)));