diff --git a/libelf/gelf_getnote.c b/libelf/gelf_getnote.c
index 0f7b9d68..6ef970c5 100644
--- a/libelf/gelf_getnote.c
+++ b/libelf/gelf_getnote.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 #include <gelf.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -73,6 +74,22 @@ gelf_getnote (Elf_Data *data, size_t offset, GElf_Nhdr *result,
 	offset = 0;
       else
 	{
+	  /* Workaround FDO package notes on big-endian systems,
+	     getting namesz and descsz wrong. Detect it by getting
+	     a bad namesz, descsz and byte swapped n_type for
+	     NT_FDO_PACKAGING_METADATA.  */
+	  if (unlikely (n->n_type == bswap_32 (NT_FDO_PACKAGING_METADATA)
+			&& n->n_namesz > data->d_size
+			&& n->n_descsz > data->d_size))
+	    {
+	      /* n might not be writable, use result and redirect n.  */
+	      *result = *n;
+	      result->n_type = bswap_32 (n->n_type);
+	      result->n_namesz = bswap_32 (n->n_namesz);
+	      result->n_descsz = bswap_32 (n->n_descsz);
+	      n = result;
+	    }
+
 	  /* This is slightly tricky, offset is guaranteed to be 4
 	     byte aligned, which is what we need for the name_offset.
 	     And normally desc_offset is also 4 byte aligned, but not
