diff --git a/nouveau/Makefile.am b/nouveau/Makefile.am
index 1ca235d2..2f613517 100644
--- a/nouveau/Makefile.am
+++ b/nouveau/Makefile.am
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ libdrm_nouveauinclude_HEADERS = $(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU_H_FILES)
 pkgconfigdir = @pkgconfigdir@
 pkgconfig_DATA = libdrm_nouveau.pc
 
-EXTRA_DIST = Android.mk
+TESTS = nouveau-symbol-check
+EXTRA_DIST = Android.mk $(TESTS)
diff --git a/nouveau/nouveau-symbol-check b/nouveau/nouveau-symbol-check
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0fef5632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nouveau/nouveau-symbol-check
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# The following symbols (past the first five) are taken from the public headers.
+# A list of the latter should be available Makefile.sources/LIBDRM_NOUVEAU_H_FILES
+
+FUNCS=$(nm -D --format=bsd --defined-only ${1-.libs/libdrm_nouveau.so} | awk '{print $3}'| while read func; do
+( grep -q "^$func$" || echo $func )  <<EOF
+__bss_start
+_edata
+_end
+_fini
+_init
+nouveau_bo_map
+nouveau_bo_name_get
+nouveau_bo_name_ref
+nouveau_bo_new
+nouveau_bo_prime_handle_ref
+nouveau_bo_ref
+nouveau_bo_set_prime
+nouveau_bo_wait
+nouveau_bo_wrap
+nouveau_bufctx_del
+nouveau_bufctx_mthd
+nouveau_bufctx_new
+nouveau_bufctx_refn
+nouveau_bufctx_reset
+nouveau_client_del
+nouveau_client_new
+nouveau_device_del
+nouveau_device_open
+nouveau_device_open_existing
+nouveau_device_wrap
+nouveau_getparam
+nouveau_object_del
+nouveau_object_find
+nouveau_object_new
+nouveau_pushbuf_bufctx
+nouveau_pushbuf_data
+nouveau_pushbuf_del
+nouveau_pushbuf_kick
+nouveau_pushbuf_new
+nouveau_pushbuf_refd
+nouveau_pushbuf_refn
+nouveau_pushbuf_reloc
+nouveau_pushbuf_space
+nouveau_pushbuf_validate
+nouveau_setparam
+EOF
+done)
+
+test ! -n "$FUNCS" || echo $FUNCS
+test ! -n "$FUNCS"