diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx b/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
index bbb1f159f..91d040718 100644
--- a/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(TORNADO)),NO)
 SRCS.c += ../ldpp.c
 endif
 
-LIBOBJS = veclist.o iocLogClient.o
+LIBOBJS = veclist.o iocLogClient.o \
+	  symFindByNameEPICS.o symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.o
 
 #
 # Tornado supplies this
@@ -19,9 +20,6 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(TORNADO)),NO)
 LIBOBJS += ldpp.o
 endif
 
-LIBOBJS_mips = symFindByNameMips.o
-
-
 LIBNAME = vxComLib
 
 #
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.c b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74cf09026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* $Id$
+ *
+ * On various RISC processors (at least MIPS and PPC), symbols do not have
+ * the prepended underscore. Here we redefine symFindByNameAndType so that,
+ * if the name lookup fails and if the first character of the name is "_",
+ * the lookup is repeated starting at the second character of the name string.
+ *
+ * 01a,03jun98,wfl  created (from symFindByNameEPICS.c).
+ */
+ 
+#ifdef symFindByNameAndType
+#undef symFindByNameAndType
+#endif
+ 
+#include "vxWorks.h"
+#include "symLib.h"
+ 
+STATUS symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS( SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType,
+	SYM_TYPE  sType,
+	SYM_TYPE  mask	)
+{
+	STATUS status;
+
+	status = symFindByNameAndType( symTblId, name, pvalue,
+				       pType, sType, mask );
+
+	if ( status == ERROR && name[0] == '_' )
+		status = symFindByNameAndType( symTblId, (name+1), pvalue,
+					       pType, sType, mask );
+
+	return status;
+}
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameEPICS.c b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameEPICS.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dc3b38f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameEPICS.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* $Id$
+ *
+ * Comments from original version:
+ *   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.
+ *
+ * On various RISC processors (at least MIPS and PPC), symbols do not have
+ * the prepended underscore. Here we redefine symFindByName so that, if the
+ * name lookup fails and if the first character of the name is "_", the
+ * lookup is repeated starting at the second character of the name string.
+ *
+ * 01a,08apr97,bdg  created.
+ * 02a,03apr97,npr  changed from mips.h into symFindByNameMips.c
+ * 03a,03jun98,wfl  changed Mips -> EPICS and avoid architecture knowledge
+ */
+ 
+#ifdef symFindByName
+#undef symFindByName
+#endif
+ 
+#include "vxWorks.h"
+#include "symLib.h"
+ 
+STATUS symFindByNameEPICS( SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType    )
+{
+	STATUS status;
+
+	status = symFindByName( symTblId, name, pvalue, pType );
+
+	if ( status == ERROR && name[0] == '_' )
+		status = symFindByName( symTblId, (name+1), pvalue, pType );
+
+	return status;
+}
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameMips.c b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameMips.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cbbcd8eef..000000000
--- a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameMips.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 );
-}