diff --git a/testsuite/symbols-test b/testsuite/symbols-test
index 5b84eb4ee8543af3a677d2028d3b926da50f7ac6..710564386c16699ae4dd09c3fc3cc31bee5ec59b 100755
--- a/testsuite/symbols-test
+++ b/testsuite/symbols-test
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ if [ -z "$srcdir" ] ; then
   srcdir=`pwd`
 fi
 
-nm ../libnettle.a | grep ' [DRT] ' | egrep -v '( |^)\.?_?(_?nettle_|memxor)' \
+# nm on aix seems to generate bogus outbut including random binary data.
+# Using -g is a workaround to get rid of that. Hope nm -g is portable enough.
+nm -g ../libnettle.a | grep ' [DRT] ' | egrep -v '( |^)\.?_?(_?nettle_|memxor)' \
     | sort -k3 > test1.out
 
 if [ -s test1.out ] ; then