diff --git a/src/cmd/make.bash b/src/cmd/make.bash
index d705a51ce5d..84332440d0e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/make.bash
+++ b/src/cmd/make.bash
@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ echo; echo; echo %%%% making db %%%%; echo
 cd db
 make install
 cd ..
+
+echo; echo; echo %%%% making nm %%%%; echo
+cd nm
+make install
+cd ..
diff --git a/src/cmd/nm/Makefile b/src/cmd/nm/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..080d668c9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/nm/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+include ../../Make.conf
+
+# The directory is nm because the source is portable and general.
+# We call the binary 6nm to avoid confusion and because this binary
+# is linked only with amd64 and x86 support.
+
+TARG=6nm
+OFILES=\
+	nm.$O\
+
+$(TARG): $(OFILES)
+	$(LD) -o $(TARG) -L$(GOROOT)/lib $(OFILES) -lmach_amd64 -lbio -l9
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(OFILES) $(TARG)
+
+install: $(TARG)
+	cp $(TARG) $(BIN)/$(TARG)
+
+$(OFILES): $(HFILES)
diff --git a/src/cmd/nm/nm.c b/src/cmd/nm/nm.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c77f66c618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/nm/nm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+// Inferno utils/nm/nm.c
+// http://code.google.com/p/inferno-os/source/browse/utils/nm/nm.c
+//
+//	Copyright © 1994-1999 Lucent Technologies Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//	Portions Copyright © 1995-1997 C H Forsyth (forsyth@terzarima.net)
+//	Portions Copyright © 1997-1999 Vita Nuova Limited
+//	Portions Copyright © 2000-2007 Vita Nuova Holdings Limited (www.vitanuova.com)
+//	Portions Copyright © 2004,2006 Bruce Ellis
+//	Portions Copyright © 2005-2007 C H Forsyth (forsyth@terzarima.net)
+//	Revisions Copyright © 2000-2007 Lucent Technologies Inc. and others
+//	Portions Copyright © 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+// THE SOFTWARE.
+
+/*
+ * nm.c -- drive nm
+ */
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+#include <ar.h>
+#include <bio.h>
+#include <mach_amd64.h>
+
+enum{
+	CHUNK	=	256	/* must be power of 2 */
+};
+
+char	*errs;			/* exit status */
+char	*filename;		/* current file */
+char	symname[]="__.SYMDEF";	/* table of contents file name */
+int	multifile;		/* processing multiple files */
+int	aflag;
+int	gflag;
+int	hflag;
+int	nflag;
+int	sflag;
+int	uflag;
+int	Tflag;
+
+Sym	**fnames;		/* file path translation table */
+Sym	**symptr;
+int	nsym;
+Biobuf	bout;
+
+int	cmp(void*, void*);
+void	error(char*, ...);
+void	execsyms(int);
+void	psym(Sym*, void*);
+void	printsyms(Sym**, long);
+void	doar(Biobuf*);
+void	dofile(Biobuf*);
+void	zenter(Sym*);
+
+void
+usage(void)
+{
+	fprint(2, "usage: nm [-aghnsTu] file ...\n");
+	exits("usage");
+}
+
+void
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int i;
+	Biobuf	*bin;
+
+	Binit(&bout, 1, OWRITE);
+	argv0 = argv[0];
+	ARGBEGIN {
+	default:	usage();
+	case 'a':	aflag = 1; break;
+	case 'g':	gflag = 1; break;
+	case 'h':	hflag = 1; break;
+	case 'n':	nflag = 1; break;
+	case 's':	sflag = 1; break;
+	case 'u':	uflag = 1; break;
+	case 'T':	Tflag = 1; break;
+	} ARGEND
+	if (argc == 0)
+		usage();
+	if (argc > 1)
+		multifile++;
+	for(i=0; i<argc; i++){
+		filename = argv[i];
+		bin = Bopen(filename, OREAD);
+		if(bin == 0){
+			error("cannot open %s", filename);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (isar(bin))
+			doar(bin);
+		else{
+			Bseek(bin, 0, 0);
+			dofile(bin);
+		}
+		Bterm(bin);
+	}
+	exits(errs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * read an archive file,
+ * processing the symbols for each intermediate file in it.
+ */
+void
+doar(Biobuf *bp)
+{
+	int offset, size, obj;
+	char membername[SARNAME];
+
+	multifile = 1;
+	for (offset = Boffset(bp);;offset += size) {
+		size = nextar(bp, offset, membername);
+		if (size < 0) {
+			error("phase error on ar header %ld", offset);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (size == 0)
+			return;
+		if (strcmp(membername, symname) == 0)
+			continue;
+		obj = objtype(bp, 0);
+		if (obj < 0) {
+			error("inconsistent file %s in %s",
+					membername, filename);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (!readar(bp, obj, offset+size, 1)) {
+			error("invalid symbol reference in file %s",
+					membername);
+			return;
+		}
+		filename = membername;
+		nsym=0;
+		objtraverse(psym, 0);
+		printsyms(symptr, nsym);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * process symbols in a file
+ */
+void
+dofile(Biobuf *bp)
+{
+	int obj;
+
+	obj = objtype(bp, 0);
+	if (obj < 0)
+		execsyms(Bfildes(bp));
+	else
+	if (readobj(bp, obj)) {
+		nsym = 0;
+		objtraverse(psym, 0);
+		printsyms(symptr, nsym);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * comparison routine for sorting the symbol table
+ *	this screws up on 'z' records when aflag == 1
+ */
+int
+cmp(void *vs, void *vt)
+{
+	Sym **s, **t;
+
+	s = vs;
+	t = vt;
+	if(nflag)
+		if((*s)->value < (*t)->value)
+			return -1;
+		else
+			return (*s)->value > (*t)->value;
+	return strcmp((*s)->name, (*t)->name);
+}
+/*
+ * enter a symbol in the table of filename elements
+ */
+void
+zenter(Sym *s)
+{
+	static int maxf = 0;
+
+	if (s->value > maxf) {
+		maxf = (s->value+CHUNK-1) &~ (CHUNK-1);
+		fnames = realloc(fnames, (maxf+1)*sizeof(*fnames));
+		if(fnames == 0) {
+			error("out of memory", argv0);
+			exits("memory");
+		}
+	}
+	fnames[s->value] = s;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get the symbol table from an executable file, if it has one
+ */
+void
+execsyms(int fd)
+{
+	Fhdr f;
+	Sym *s;
+	int32 n;
+
+	seek(fd, 0, 0);
+	if (crackhdr(fd, &f) == 0) {
+		error("Can't read header for %s", filename);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (syminit(fd, &f) < 0)
+		return;
+	s = symbase(&n);
+	nsym = 0;
+	while(n--)
+		psym(s++, 0);
+
+	printsyms(symptr, nsym);
+}
+
+void
+psym(Sym *s, void* p)
+{
+	USED(p);
+	switch(s->type) {
+	case 'T':
+	case 'L':
+	case 'D':
+	case 'B':
+		if (uflag)
+			return;
+		if (!aflag && ((s->name[0] == '.' || s->name[0] == '$')))
+			return;
+		break;
+	case 'b':
+	case 'd':
+	case 'l':
+	case 't':
+		if (uflag || gflag)
+			return;
+		if (!aflag && ((s->name[0] == '.' || s->name[0] == '$')))
+			return;
+		break;
+	case 'U':
+		if (gflag)
+			return;
+		break;
+	case 'Z':
+		if (!aflag)
+			return;
+		break;
+	case 'm':
+	case 'f':	/* we only see a 'z' when the following is true*/
+		if(!aflag || uflag || gflag)
+			return;
+		if (strcmp(s->name, ".frame"))
+			zenter(s);
+		break;
+	case 'a':
+	case 'p':
+	case 'z':
+	default:
+		if(!aflag || uflag || gflag)
+			return;
+		break;
+	}
+	symptr = realloc(symptr, (nsym+1)*sizeof(Sym*));
+	if (symptr == 0) {
+		error("out of memory");
+		exits("memory");
+	}
+	symptr[nsym++] = s;
+}
+
+void
+printsyms(Sym **symptr, long nsym)
+{
+	int i, wid;
+	Sym *s;
+	char *cp;
+	char path[512];
+
+	if(!sflag)
+		qsort(symptr, nsym, sizeof(*symptr), (void*)cmp);
+	
+	wid = 0;
+	for (i=0; i<nsym; i++) {
+		s = symptr[i];
+		if (s->value && wid == 0)
+			wid = 8;
+		else if (s->value >= 0x100000000LL && wid == 8)
+			wid = 16;
+	}	
+	for (i=0; i<nsym; i++) {
+		s = symptr[i];
+		if (multifile && !hflag)
+			Bprint(&bout, "%s:", filename);
+		if (s->type == 'z') {
+			fileelem(fnames, (uchar *) s->name, path, 512);
+			cp = path;
+		} else
+			cp = s->name;
+		if (Tflag)
+			Bprint(&bout, "%8ux ", s->sig);
+		if (s->value || s->type == 'a' || s->type == 'p')
+			Bprint(&bout, "%*llux ", wid, s->value);
+		else
+			Bprint(&bout, "%*s ", wid, "");
+		Bprint(&bout, "%c %s\n", s->type, cp);
+	}
+}
+
+void
+error(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	Fmt f;
+	char buf[128];
+	va_list arg;
+
+	fmtfdinit(&f, 2, buf, sizeof buf);
+	fmtprint(&f, "%s: ", argv0);
+	va_start(arg, fmt);
+	fmtvprint(&f, fmt, arg);
+	va_end(arg);
+	fmtprint(&f, "\n");
+	fmtfdflush(&f);
+	errs = "errors";
+}