diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-main.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-main.c
index 09b9a90ada..b11a3e1410 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-main.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-main.c
@@ -30,19 +30,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "jit-protocol.h"
-
-/* ElfW is coming from linux. On other platforms it does not exist.
-   Let us define it here. */
-#ifndef ElfW
-# if (defined  (_LP64) || defined (__LP64__)) 
-#   define WORDSIZE 64
-# else
-#   define WORDSIZE 32
-# endif /* _LP64 || __LP64__  */
-#define ElfW(type)      _ElfW (Elf, WORDSIZE, type)
-#define _ElfW(e,w,t)    _ElfW_1 (e, w, _##t)
-#define _ElfW_1(e,w,t)  e##w##t
-#endif /* !ElfW  */
+#include "jit-elf-util.h"
 
 static void
 usage ()
@@ -51,35 +39,6 @@ usage ()
   exit (1);
 }
 
-/* Rename jit_function_XXXX to match idx  */
-
-static void
-update_name (const void *const addr, int idx)
-{
-  const ElfW (Ehdr) *const ehdr = (ElfW (Ehdr) *)addr;
-  ElfW (Shdr) *const shdr = (ElfW (Shdr) *)((char *)addr + ehdr->e_shoff);
-  ElfW (Phdr) *const phdr = (ElfW (Phdr) *)((char *)addr + ehdr->e_phoff);
-  int i;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_shnum; ++i)
-    {
-      if (shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_STRTAB)
-        {
-          /* Note: we update both .strtab and .dynstr.  The latter would
-             not be correct if this were a regular shared library (.hash
-             would be wrong), but this is a simulation -- the library is
-             never exposed to the dynamic loader, so it all ends up ok.  */
-          char *const strtab = (char *)((ElfW (Addr))addr + shdr[i].sh_offset);
-          char *const strtab_end = strtab + shdr[i].sh_size;
-          char *p;
-
-          for (p = strtab; p < strtab_end; p += strlen (p) + 1)
-            if (strcmp (p, "jit_function_XXXX") == 0)
-              sprintf (p, "jit_function_%04d", idx);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /* Defined by the .exp file if testing attach.  */
 #ifndef ATTACH
 #define ATTACH 0
@@ -122,39 +81,20 @@ MAIN (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
     {
-      struct stat st;
-      int fd;
-
-      printf ("%s:%d: libname = %s, i = %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, argv[i], i);
-      if ((fd = open (argv[i], O_RDONLY)) == -1)
-	{
-	  fprintf (stderr, "open (\"%s\", O_RDONLY): %s\n", argv[i],
-		   strerror (errno));
-	  exit (1);
-	}
-
-      if (fstat (fd, &st) != 0)
-	{
-	  fprintf (stderr, "fstat (\"%d\"): %s\n", fd, strerror (errno));
-	  exit (1);
-	}
-
-      void* load_addr = (void*) (size_t) (LOAD_ADDRESS + (i-1) * LOAD_INCREMENT);
-      const void *const addr = mmap (load_addr, st.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
-				     MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
-      struct jit_code_entry *const entry = calloc (1, sizeof (*entry));
-
-      if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
-	{
-	  fprintf (stderr, "mmap: %s\n", strerror (errno));
-	  exit (1);
-	}
-
+      size_t obj_size;
+      ElfW (Addr) load_addr = LOAD_ADDRESS + (i-1) * LOAD_INCREMENT;
+      printf("Loading %s as JIT at %p\n", argv[i], (void*) load_addr);
+      ElfW (Addr) addr = load_elf (argv[i], &obj_size, load_addr);
       update_name (addr, i);
 
+      char name[32];
+      sprintf (name, "jit_function_%04d", i);
+      int (*jit_function) () = (int (*) ()) load_symbol (addr, name);
+
       /* Link entry at the end of the list.  */
+      struct jit_code_entry *const entry = calloc (1, sizeof (*entry));
       entry->symfile_addr = (const char *)addr;
-      entry->symfile_size = st.st_size;
+      entry->symfile_size = obj_size;
       entry->prev_entry = __jit_debug_descriptor.relevant_entry;
       __jit_debug_descriptor.relevant_entry = entry;
 
@@ -166,6 +106,12 @@ MAIN (int argc, char *argv[])
       /* Notify GDB.  */
       __jit_debug_descriptor.action_flag = JIT_REGISTER;
       __jit_debug_register_code ();
+
+      if (jit_function () != 42)
+	{
+	  fprintf (stderr, "unexpected return value\n");
+	  exit (1);
+	}
     }
 
   WAIT_FOR_GDB; i = 0;  /* gdb break here 1 */
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-util.h b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad5041fa74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-elf-util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/* This test program is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* Simulates loading of JIT code by memory mapping a compiled
+   shared library binary and doing minimal post-processing.  */
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <link.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* ElfW is coming from linux. On other platforms it does not exist.
+   Let us define it here. */
+#ifndef ElfW
+#if (defined(_LP64) || defined(__LP64__))
+#define WORDSIZE 64
+#else
+#define WORDSIZE 32
+#endif /* _LP64 || __LP64__  */
+#define ElfW(type) _ElfW (Elf, WORDSIZE, type)
+#define _ElfW(e, w, t) _ElfW_1 (e, w, _##t)
+#define _ElfW_1(e, w, t) e##w##t
+#endif /* !ElfW  */
+
+/* Looks into string tables for entry
+   "jit_function_XXXX" and updates it to use `rename_num`.  */
+static void
+update_name (ElfW (Addr) addr, int rename_num)
+{
+  const ElfW (Ehdr) *const ehdr = (ElfW (Ehdr) *) addr;
+  ElfW (Shdr) *const shdr = (ElfW (Shdr) *) ((char *) addr + ehdr->e_shoff);
+  ElfW (Phdr) *const phdr = (ElfW (Phdr) *) ((char *) addr + ehdr->e_phoff);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < ehdr->e_shnum; ++i)
+    {
+      if (shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_STRTAB)
+	{
+	  /* Note: we update both .strtab and .dynstr.  The latter would
+	     not be correct if this were a regular shared library (.hash
+	     would be wrong), but this is a simulation -- the library is
+	     never exposed to the dynamic loader, so it all ends up ok.  */
+	  char *const strtab = (char *) (addr + shdr[i].sh_offset);
+	  char *const strtab_end = strtab + shdr[i].sh_size;
+	  char *p;
+
+	  for (p = strtab; p < strtab_end; p += strlen (p) + 1)
+	    if (strcmp (p, "jit_function_XXXX") == 0)
+	      sprintf (p, "jit_function_%04d", rename_num);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+/* Find symbol with the name `sym_name`.  */
+static ElfW (Addr)
+load_symbol (ElfW (Addr) addr, const char *sym_name)
+{
+  const ElfW (Ehdr) *const ehdr = (ElfW (Ehdr) *) addr;
+  ElfW (Shdr) *const shdr = (ElfW (Shdr) *) ((char *) addr + ehdr->e_shoff);
+
+  ElfW (Addr) sym_old_addr = 0;
+  ElfW (Addr) sym_new_addr = 0;
+
+  /* Find `func_name` in symbol_table and adjust it from the addr.  */
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < ehdr->e_shnum; ++i)
+    {
+      if (shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB)
+	{
+	  ElfW (Sym) *symtab = (ElfW (Sym) *) (addr + shdr[i].sh_offset);
+	  ElfW (Sym) *symtab_end
+	      = (ElfW (Sym) *) (addr + shdr[i].sh_offset + shdr[i].sh_size);
+	  char *const strtab
+	      = (char *) (addr + shdr[shdr[i].sh_link].sh_offset);
+
+	  for (ElfW (Sym) *p = symtab; p < symtab_end; ++p)
+	    {
+	      const char *s = strtab + p->st_name;
+	      if (strcmp (s, sym_name) == 0)
+	        return p->st_value;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+  fprintf (stderr, "symbol '%s' not found\n", sym_name);
+  exit (1);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* Open an elf binary file and memory map it with execution flag enabled.  */
+ElfW (Addr)
+load_elf (const char *libname, size_t *size, ElfW (Addr) load_addr)
+{
+  int fd;
+  struct stat st;
+
+  if ((fd = open (libname, O_RDONLY)) == -1)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "open (\"%s\", O_RDONLY): %s\n", libname,
+	       strerror (errno));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (fstat (fd, &st) != 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "fstat (\"%d\"): %s\n", fd, strerror (errno));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  void *addr = mmap ((void *) load_addr, st.st_size,
+		     PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
+		     load_addr ? MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED : MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+  close (fd);
+
+  if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "mmap: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (size != NULL)
+    *size = st.st_size;
+
+  return (ElfW (Addr)) addr;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
