diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx b/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
index 400f723c9..ffcb9f610 100644
--- a/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_BASE
 SRCS.c = ../iocLogClient.c ../veclist.c ../ldpp.c
 
 LIBOBJS = veclist.o iocLogClient.o ldpp.o
+LIBOBJS_mips = symFindByNameMips.o
 
 LIBNAME = vxComLib
 SCRIPTS = vxldscript.MRI
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameMips.c b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameMips.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbbcd8eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameMips.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * This file is included in to change the VxWorks function symFindByName().
+ * On the MIPS processor, all symbols do not have the prepended underscore.
+ * Here we redefine symFindByName to look at the second character of the
+ * name string.
+ *
+ * 01a,08apr97,bdg  created.
+ * 02a,03apr97,npr  changed from mips.h into symFindByNameMips.c
+ */
+ 
+#ifdef symFindByName
+#undef symFindByName
+#endif
+ 
+#include "vxWorks.h"
+#include "symLib.h"
+ 
+STATUS symFindByNameMips( SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType    )
+{
+	return symFindByName(symTblId, (name+1), pvalue, pType );
+}