diff --git a/src/packer.cpp b/src/packer.cpp
index 84add5c6..80e503ca 100644
--- a/src/packer.cpp
+++ b/src/packer.cpp
@@ -1072,6 +1072,12 @@ void Packer::initLoader(const void *pdata, int plen, int pinfo, int small)
 }
 
 
+void Packer::addLoader(const char *s)
+{
+    if (*s)
+        linker->addSection(s);
+}
+
 void __acc_cdecl_va Packer::addLoader(const char *s, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
diff --git a/src/packer.h b/src/packer.h
index 4eda5e25..6d673d74 100644
--- a/src/packer.h
+++ b/src/packer.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ protected:
     virtual const upx_byte *getLoader() const;
     virtual int getLoaderSize() const;
     virtual void initLoader(const void *pdata, int plen, int pinfo=-1, int small=-1);
+    virtual void addLoader(const char *s);
     virtual void __acc_cdecl_va addLoader(const char *s, ...);
     virtual int getLoaderSection(const char *name, int *slen=NULL) const;
     virtual int getLoaderSectionStart(const char *name, int *slen=NULL) const;