diff --git a/src/linker.cpp b/src/linker.cpp
index dcc523c7..435b4a31 100644
--- a/src/linker.cpp
+++ b/src/linker.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,23 @@ int ElfLinker::addLoader(const char *sname)
     return outputlen;
 }
 
+void ElfLinker::addLoader(const char *s, va_list ap)
+{
+    while (s != NULL)
+    {
+        addLoader(s);
+        s = va_arg(ap, const char *);
+    }
+}
+
+void __acc_cdecl_va ElfLinker::addLoaderVA(const char *s, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, s);
+    addLoader(s, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+}
+
 int ElfLinker::getSection(const char *sname, int *slen) const
 {
     const Section *section = findSection(sname);
diff --git a/src/linker.h b/src/linker.h
index be53dd15..22dca7e4 100644
--- a/src/linker.h
+++ b/src/linker.h
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ public:
     virtual void init(const void *pdata, int plen);
     //virtual void setLoaderAlignOffset(int phase);
     virtual int addLoader(const char *sname);
+    void addLoader(const char *s, va_list ap);
+#if 1 && (ACC_CC_GNUC >= 0x040100)
+    void __acc_cdecl_va addLoaderVA(const char *s, ...) __attribute__((__sentinel__));
+#else
+    void __acc_cdecl_va addLoaderVA(const char *s, ...);
+#endif
     virtual Section *addSection(const char *sname, const void *sdata, int slen, unsigned p2align);
     virtual int getSection(const char *sname, int *slen=NULL) const;
     virtual int getSectionSize(const char *sname) const;
diff --git a/src/packer.cpp b/src/packer.cpp
index 7ca8b1e8..2b92f4a1 100644
--- a/src/packer.cpp
+++ b/src/packer.cpp
@@ -1082,14 +1082,8 @@ void Packer::addLoader(C a, C b, C c, C d, C e, C f, C g, C h, C i, C j)
 void __acc_cdecl_va Packer::addLoaderVA(const char *s, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
-    const char *t = s;
-
     va_start(ap, s);
-    while (t != NULL)
-    {
-        linker->addLoader(t);
-        t = va_arg(ap, const char *);
-    }
+    linker->addLoader(s, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 }