diff --git a/src/elflint.c b/src/elflint.c
index 810c8bd..1acf1bc 100644
--- a/src/elflint.c
+++ b/src/elflint.c
@@ -4483,8 +4483,13 @@ only executables, shared objects, and core files can have program headers\n"));
 	  continue;
 	}
 
+#ifndef PT_GNU_PROPERTY
+#define PT_GNU_PROPERTY (PT_LOOS + 0x474e553)
+#endif
+
       if (phdr->p_type >= PT_NUM && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_EH_FRAME
 	  && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_STACK && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_RELRO
+	  && phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_PROPERTY
 	  /* Check for a known machine-specific type.  */
 	  && ebl_segment_type_name (ebl, phdr->p_type, NULL, 0) == NULL)
 	ERROR (gettext ("\