diff --git a/sys/sys/elf_common.h b/sys/sys/elf_common.h
index b4574f3a974..f4579c8b247 100644
--- a/sys/sys/elf_common.h
+++ b/sys/sys/elf_common.h
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ typedef struct {
 #define	SHT_HISUNW		0x6fffffff
 #define	SHT_HIOS		0x6fffffff	/* Last of OS specific semantics */
 #define	SHT_LOPROC		0x70000000	/* reserved range for processor */
-#define	SHT_AMD64_UNWIND	0x70000001	/* unwind information */
+#define	SHT_X86_64_UNWIND	0x70000001	/* unwind information */
+#define	SHT_AMD64_UNWIND	SHT_X86_64_UNWIND 
 
 #define	SHT_ARM_EXIDX		0x70000001	/* Exception index table. */
 #define	SHT_ARM_PREEMPTMAP	0x70000002	/* BPABI DLL dynamic linking