diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
index 4be2634..7b1a0b7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@
 			ldr.SetAttrNotInSymbolTable(s, true)
 			ldr.SetCarrierSym(s, symgostring)
 
-		case strings.HasPrefix(name, "runtime.gcbits."):
+		case strings.HasPrefix(name, "runtime.gcbits."),
+			strings.HasPrefix(name, "type..gcprog."):
 			symGroupType[s] = sym.SGCBITS
 			ldr.SetAttrNotInSymbolTable(s, true)
 			ldr.SetCarrierSym(s, symgcbits)