$ objcopy -I binary -O <target_format> -B <target_architecture> <binary_file> <object_file> If you are not sure about the target architecture and target format, they can be found with something like: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ > arch.c $ gcc -c arch.c -o arch.o $ objdump -f arch.o arch.o: file format elf32-i386 architecture: i386, flags 0x00000010: HAS_SYMS start address 0x00000000 $ rm -f arch.c arch.o So, in my case the command is: 1 $ objcopy -I binary -O elf32-i386 -B i386 blob.bin blob.o This command created a “blob.o” file that contains the symbols to access the data within: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $ objdump -t blob.o blob.o: file format elf32-i386 SYMBOL TABLE: 00000000 l d .data 00000000 .data 00000000 g .data 00000000 _binary_blob_bin_start 00000010 g .data 00000000 _binary_blob_bin_end 00000010 g *ABS* 00000000 _binary_blob_bin_size