diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index cc1d58520d..c57cb4576e 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
   ** gdb.Type has a new property 'objfile' which returns the objfile the
      type was defined in.
 
+  ** gdb.Objfile has a new method 'lookup_global_symbol' to lookup a symbol
+     from this objfile only.
+
 * New commands
 
 | [COMMAND] | SHELL_COMMAND
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 034623513b..fc7cc45260 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -4441,6 +4441,18 @@ searches then this function can be used to add a debug info file
 from a different place.
 @end defun
 
+@defun Objfile.lookup_global_symbol (name @r{[}, domain@r{]})
+Search for a global symbol named @var{name} in this objfile.  Optionally, the
+search scope can be restricted with the @var{domain} argument.
+The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb}
+module and described in @ref{Symbols In Python}.  This function is similar to
+@code{gdb.lookup_global_symbol}, except that the search is limited to this
+objfile.
+
+The result is a @code{gdb.Symbol} object or @code{None} if the symbol
+is not found.
+@end defun
+
 @node Frames In Python
 @subsubsection Accessing inferior stack frames from Python
 
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-objfile.c b/gdb/python/py-objfile.c
index 15735c8501..b27f180d34 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-objfile.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-objfile.c
@@ -434,6 +434,40 @@ objfpy_add_separate_debug_file (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
   Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+/* Implementation of
+  gdb.Objfile.lookup_global_symbol (self, string [, domain]) -> gdb.Symbol.  */
+
+static PyObject *
+objfpy_lookup_global_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+  static const char *keywords[] = { "name", "domain", NULL };
+  objfile_object *obj = (objfile_object *) self;
+  const char *symbol_name;
+  int domain = VAR_DOMAIN;
+
+  OBJFPY_REQUIRE_VALID (obj);
+
+  if (!gdb_PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kw, "s|i", keywords, &symbol_name,
+					&domain))
+    return nullptr;
+
+  try
+    {
+      struct symbol *sym = lookup_global_symbol_from_objfile
+        (obj->objfile, symbol_name, (domain_enum) domain).symbol;
+      if (sym == nullptr)
+	Py_RETURN_NONE;
+
+      return symbol_to_symbol_object (sym);
+    }
+  catch (const gdb_exception &except)
+    {
+      GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
+    }
+
+  Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 /* Implement repr() for gdb.Objfile.  */
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -652,6 +686,11 @@ Return true if this object file is valid, false if not." },
     "add_separate_debug_file (file_name).\n\
 Add FILE_NAME to the list of files containing debug info for the objfile." },
 
+  { "lookup_global_symbol", (PyCFunction) objfpy_lookup_global_symbol,
+    METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+    "lookup_global_symbol (name [, domain]).\n\
+Look up a global symbol in this objfile and returns it." },
+
   { NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.c
index ac41491234..6d751bddae 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+int global_var = 42;
+static int static_var = 50;
+
 int
 main ()
 {
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.exp
index b5e0c5e760..5ce8665e8c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-objfile.exp
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_objfile (\"${testfile}\").filename)" \
 gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_objfile (\"junk\"))" \
     "Objfile not found\\.\r\n${python_error_text}"
 
+gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_objfile (\"${testfile}\").lookup_global_symbol (\"global_var\").name)" \
+    "global_var" "lookup_global_symbol finds a valid symbol"
+gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_objfile (\"${testfile}\").lookup_global_symbol (\"static_var\")) is None" \
+    "True" "lookup_global_symbol does not find static symbols"
+gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_objfile (\"${testfile}\").lookup_global_symbol (\"stdout\"))" \
+    "None" "lookup_global_symbol doesn't find symbol in other objfile"
+
 set binfile_build_id [get_build_id $binfile]
 if [string compare $binfile_build_id ""] {
     verbose -log "binfile_build_id = $binfile_build_id"
