diff --git a/src/arbits/slbt_archive_mapstrv.c b/src/arbits/slbt_archive_mapstrv.c
index f48576a..10d59f1 100644
--- a/src/arbits/slbt_archive_mapstrv.c
+++ b/src/arbits/slbt_archive_mapstrv.c
@@ -17,14 +17,56 @@ static int slbt_strcmp(const void * a, const void * b)
 	return strcmp(*(const char **)a,*(const char **)b);
 }
 
+static int slbt_coff_strcmp(const void * a, const void * b)
+{
+	const char *    dot;
+	const char *    mark;
+	const char *    stra;
+	const char *    strb;
+	const char **   pstra;
+	const char **   pstrb;
+	char            strbufa[4096];
+	char            strbufb[4096];
+
+	pstra = (const char **)a;
+	pstrb = (const char **)b;
+
+	stra  = *pstra;
+	strb  = *pstrb;
+
+	if (!strncmp(*pstra,".weak.",6)) {
+		stra = strbufa;
+		mark = &(*pstra)[6];
+		dot  = strchr(mark,'.');
+
+		strncpy(strbufa,mark,dot-mark);
+		strbufa[dot-mark] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	if (!strncmp(*pstrb,".weak.",6)) {
+		strb = strbufb;
+		mark = &(*pstrb)[6];
+		dot  = strchr(mark,'.');
+
+		strncpy(strbufb,mark,dot-mark);
+		strbufb[dot-mark] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	return strcmp(stra,strb);
+}
+
 slbt_hidden int slbt_update_mapstrv(
 	const struct slbt_driver_ctx *  dctx,
 	struct slbt_archive_meta_impl * mctx)
 {
+	bool            fcoff;
 	size_t          nsyms;
 	const char **   symv;
 	const char **   mapstrv;
 
+	fcoff  = slbt_host_objfmt_is_coff(dctx);
+	fcoff |= (mctx->ofmtattr & AR_OBJECT_ATTR_COFF);
+
 	for (nsyms=0,symv=mctx->symstrv; *symv; symv++)
 		nsyms++;
 
@@ -34,7 +76,7 @@ slbt_hidden int slbt_update_mapstrv(
 	for (nsyms=0,symv=mctx->symstrv; *symv; symv++)
 		mapstrv[nsyms++] = *symv;
 
-	qsort(mapstrv,nsyms,sizeof(const char *),slbt_strcmp);
+	qsort(mapstrv,nsyms,sizeof(const char *),fcoff ? slbt_coff_strcmp : slbt_strcmp);
 
 	mctx->mapstrv = mapstrv;