diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 1d4eac95ad6..704c9af3ba8 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-11-20  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* ctf-api.h (ctf_getsymsect): New.
+	(ctf_getstrsect): Likewise.
+
 2020-11-20  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	* ctf-api.h (ctf_arc_lookup_symbol): New.
diff --git a/include/ctf-api.h b/include/ctf-api.h
index f0c00c01a89..8687475cc64 100644
--- a/include/ctf-api.h
+++ b/include/ctf-api.h
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ extern ctf_archive_t *ctf_open (const char *filename,
 				const char *target, int *errp);
 extern void ctf_close (ctf_archive_t *);
 extern ctf_sect_t ctf_getdatasect (const ctf_dict_t *);
+extern ctf_sect_t ctf_getsymsect (const ctf_dict_t *);
+extern ctf_sect_t ctf_getstrsect (const ctf_dict_t *);
 extern ctf_archive_t *ctf_get_arc (const ctf_dict_t *);
 extern ctf_archive_t *ctf_arc_open (const char *, int *);
 extern ctf_archive_t *ctf_arc_bufopen (const ctf_sect_t *,
diff --git a/libctf/ChangeLog b/libctf/ChangeLog
index deca027786d..685c06a0142 100644
--- a/libctf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libctf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-11-20  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* ctf-open.c (ctf_getsymsect): New.
+	(ctf_getstrsect): Likewise.
+	* libctf.ver: Add them.
+
 2020-11-20  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	* ctf-impl.h (struct ctf_archive_internal) <ctfi_dicts>: New, dicts
diff --git a/libctf/ctf-open.c b/libctf/ctf-open.c
index 3281c678ac4..ecf27eeeb21 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-open.c
+++ b/libctf/ctf-open.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,18 @@ ctf_getdatasect (const ctf_dict_t *fp)
   return fp->ctf_data;
 }
 
+ctf_sect_t
+ctf_getsymsect (const ctf_dict_t *fp)
+{
+  return fp->ctf_symtab;
+}
+
+ctf_sect_t
+ctf_getstrsect (const ctf_dict_t *fp)
+{
+  return fp->ctf_strtab;
+}
+
 /* Return the CTF handle for the parent CTF dict, if one exists.  Otherwise
    return NULL to indicate this dict has no imported parent.  */
 ctf_dict_t *
diff --git a/libctf/libctf.ver b/libctf/libctf.ver
index f0633f26c4c..cfecc894350 100644
--- a/libctf/libctf.ver
+++ b/libctf/libctf.ver
@@ -190,4 +190,7 @@ LIBCTF_1.1 {
 
 	ctf_arc_lookup_symbol;
 	ctf_arc_flush_caches;
+
+	ctf_getsymsect;
+	ctf_getstrsect;
 } LIBCTF_1.0;