diff --git a/tools/fdtgrep.c b/tools/fdtgrep.c
index e4112b8f69..0925822940 100644
--- a/tools/fdtgrep.c
+++ b/tools/fdtgrep.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		disp.fout = stdout;
 	}
 
+	/* include symbol table */
+	if (value_add(&disp, &disp.value_head, FDT_IS_NODE, 1, "/__symbols__"))
+		usage("Cannot add __symbols__ value");
+
 	/* Run the grep and output the results */
 	ret = do_fdtgrep(&disp, filename);
 	if (disp.output_fname)