diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index e72438264..e00db515b 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 2005-09-06  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
 
 	* mc.menu: %d is already quoted, so it must not be written "%d".
+	* mc.ext: nm(1) view is enabled for all ELF files, not just
+	files ending in .o.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/mc.ext.in b/lib/mc.ext.in
index 4dd677102..05597d909 100644
--- a/lib/mc.ext.in
+++ b/lib/mc.ext.in
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ regex/\.(h|hpp)$
 	Open=%var{EDITOR:vi} %f
 
 # Object
-shell/.o
+type/^ELF
 	#Open=%var{PAGER:more} %f
 	View=%view{ascii} file %f && nm %f