diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3637665aa..20fd20be7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Features:
  - Optional automatic state saving/loading
  - Access to ur0 and uma0 partitions on the Vita
  - Partial support for MBC6, MMM01, TAMA and HuC-1 GB mappers
+ - GBA: ARMIPS/A22i-style and ELF symbol table support
 Bugfixes:
  - GB Audio: Make audio unsigned with bias (fixes mgba.io/i/749)
  - GB Serialize: Fix audio state loading
diff --git a/include/mgba/internal/debugger/symbols.h b/include/mgba/internal/debugger/symbols.h
index e8456f8c1..30801a446 100644
--- a/include/mgba/internal/debugger/symbols.h
+++ b/include/mgba/internal/debugger/symbols.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ bool mDebuggerSymbolLookup(const struct mDebuggerSymbols*, const char* name, int
 void mDebuggerSymbolAdd(struct mDebuggerSymbols*, const char* name, int32_t value, int segment);
 void mDebuggerSymbolRemove(struct mDebuggerSymbols*, const char* name);
 
+struct VFile;
+void mDebuggerLoadARMIPSSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols*, struct VFile* vf);
+
 CXX_GUARD_END
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/debugger/symbols.c b/src/debugger/symbols.c
index a9c874b54..26d392c3b 100644
--- a/src/debugger/symbols.c
+++ b/src/debugger/symbols.c
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 #include <mgba/internal/debugger/symbols.h>
 
+#include <mgba-util/string.h>
 #include <mgba-util/table.h>
+#include <mgba-util/vfs.h>
 
 struct mDebuggerSymbol {
 	int32_t value;
@@ -47,3 +49,40 @@ void mDebuggerSymbolAdd(struct mDebuggerSymbols* st, const char* name, int32_t v
 void mDebuggerSymbolRemove(struct mDebuggerSymbols* st, const char* name) {
 	HashTableRemove(&st->names, name);
 }
+
+void mDebuggerLoadARMIPSSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols* st, struct VFile* vf) {
+	char line[512];
+
+	while (true) {
+		ssize_t bytesRead = vf->readline(vf, line, sizeof(line));
+		if (bytesRead <= 0) {
+			break;
+		}
+		if (line[bytesRead - 1] == '\n') {
+			line[bytesRead - 1] = '\0';
+		}
+		uint32_t address = 0;
+		const char* buf = line;
+		buf = hex32(buf, &address);
+		if (!buf) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		bytesRead -= 8;
+
+		while (isspace((int) buf[0]) && bytesRead > 0) {
+			--bytesRead;
+			++buf;
+		}
+
+		if (!bytesRead) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (buf[0] == '.') {
+			// Directives are not handled yet
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		mDebuggerSymbolAdd(st, buf, address, -1);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/gb/debugger/symbols.c b/src/gb/debugger/symbols.c
index 4fc113433..fdbdb9b54 100644
--- a/src/gb/debugger/symbols.c
+++ b/src/gb/debugger/symbols.c
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ void GBLoadSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols* st, struct VFile* vf) {
 
 		uint8_t byte;
 		const char* buf = line;
-		while (buf) {
+		while (buf && bytesRead >= 2) {
 			buf = hex8(buf, &byte);
 			if (!buf) {
 				break;
 			}
 			address <<= 8;
 			address += byte;
+			bytesRead -= 2;
 
 			if (buf[0] == ':') {
 				segment = address;
@@ -42,14 +43,19 @@ void GBLoadSymbols(struct mDebuggerSymbols* st, struct VFile* vf) {
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!buf) {
+		if (!buf || bytesRead < 1) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		while (isspace((int) buf[0])) {
+		while (isspace((int) buf[0]) && bytesRead > 0) {
+			--bytesRead;
 			++buf;
 		}
 
+		if (!bytesRead) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		mDebuggerSymbolAdd(st, buf, address, segment);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/gba/core.c b/src/gba/core.c
index 263399a12..40872f340 100644
--- a/src/gba/core.c
+++ b/src/gba/core.c
@@ -702,29 +702,38 @@ static void _GBACoreDetachDebugger(struct mCore* core) {
 }
 
 static void _GBACoreLoadSymbols(struct mCore* core, struct VFile* vf) {
-#ifdef USE_ELF
 	bool closeAfter = false;
 	core->symbolTable = mDebuggerSymbolTableCreate();
 #if !defined(MINIMAL_CORE) || MINIMAL_CORE < 2
+#ifdef USE_ELF
 	if (!vf) {
 		closeAfter = true;
 		vf = mDirectorySetOpenSuffix(&core->dirs, core->dirs.base, ".elf", O_RDONLY);
 	}
+#endif
+	if (!vf) {
+		closeAfter = true;
+		vf = mDirectorySetOpenSuffix(&core->dirs, core->dirs.base, ".sym", O_RDONLY);
+	}
 #endif
 	if (!vf) {
 		return;
 	}
+#ifdef USE_ELF
 	struct ELF* elf = ELFOpen(vf);
 	if (elf) {
 #ifdef USE_DEBUGGERS
 		mCoreLoadELFSymbols(core->symbolTable, elf);
 #endif
 		ELFClose(elf);
+	} else
+#endif
+	{
+		mDebuggerLoadARMIPSSymbols(core->symbolTable, vf);
 	}
 	if (closeAfter) {
 		vf->close(vf);
 	}
-#endif
 }
 
 static bool _GBACoreLookupIdentifier(struct mCore* core, const char* name, int32_t* value, int* segment) {