diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.c b/scripts/sortextable.c
index c2423d913b46..ecefa0a634f8 100644
--- a/scripts/sortextable.c
+++ b/scripts/sortextable.c
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 		break;
 	}  /* end switch */
 	if (memcmp(ELFMAG, ehdr->e_ident, SELFMAG) != 0
-	||  r2(&ehdr->e_type) != ET_EXEC
+	||  (r2(&ehdr->e_type) != ET_EXEC && r2(&ehdr->e_type) != ET_DYN)
 	||  ehdr->e_ident[EI_VERSION] != EV_CURRENT) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized ET_EXEC file %s\n", fname);
+		fprintf(stderr, "unrecognized ET_EXEC/ET_DYN file %s\n", fname);
 		fail_file();
 	}
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 		if (r2(&ehdr->e_ehsize) != sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)
 		||  r2(&ehdr->e_shentsize) != sizeof(Elf32_Shdr)) {
 			fprintf(stderr,
-				"unrecognized ET_EXEC file: %s\n", fname);
+				"unrecognized ET_EXEC/ET_DYN file: %s\n", fname);
 			fail_file();
 		}
 		do32(ehdr, fname, custom_sort);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 		if (r2(&ghdr->e_ehsize) != sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)
 		||  r2(&ghdr->e_shentsize) != sizeof(Elf64_Shdr)) {
 			fprintf(stderr,
-				"unrecognized ET_EXEC file: %s\n", fname);
+				"unrecognized ET_EXEC/ET_DYN file: %s\n", fname);
 			fail_file();
 		}
 		do64(ghdr, fname, custom_sort);