diff --git a/include/stdio.h b/include/stdio.h
index 23b7fd288c..a6f7fd43cb 100644
--- a/include/stdio.h
+++ b/include/stdio.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ int __vfxprintf (FILE *__fp, const char *__fmt, __gnuc_va_list,
   attribute_hidden;
 
 extern const char *const _sys_errlist_internal[] attribute_hidden;
+extern const size_t _sys_errlist_internal_len attribute_hidden;
 extern const char *__get_errlist (int) attribute_hidden;
 extern const char *__get_errname (int) attribute_hidden;
 
diff --git a/stdio-common/Makefile b/stdio-common/Makefile
index a1603e82fe..087acb82b6 100644
--- a/stdio-common/Makefile
+++ b/stdio-common/Makefile
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ routines := \
 
 aux := \
   errlist \
+  errlist-data \
   errname \
   fxprintf \
   printf-parsemb \
@@ -211,6 +212,10 @@ tests := \
   xbug \
   # tests
 
+generated += \
+  errlist-data-aux.os \
+  errlist-data-aux.o \
+  # generated
 
 test-srcs = tst-unbputc tst-printf tst-printfsz-islongdouble
 
@@ -246,6 +251,17 @@ tests-special += $(objpfx)tst-errno-manual.out
 
 include ../Rules
 
+$(objpfx)errlist-data-aux.os: errlist-data-gen.c
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	$(compile-command.c) $(no-stack-protector) -S
+
+$(objpfx)errlist-data-aux.o: errlist-data-gen.c
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	$(compile-command.c) $(no-stack-protector) -S
+
+$(objpfx)errlist-data.os: $(objpfx)errlist-data-aux.os
+$(objpfx)errlist-data.o: $(objpfx)errlist-data-aux.o
+
 ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
 LOCALES := \
   de_DE.ISO-8859-1 \
@@ -334,7 +350,6 @@ CFLAGS-isoc99_vfscanf.c += -fexceptions
 CFLAGS-isoc99_vscanf.c += -fexceptions
 CFLAGS-isoc99_fscanf.c += -fexceptions
 CFLAGS-isoc99_scanf.c += -fexceptions
-CFLAGS-errlist.c += $(fno-unit-at-a-time)
 CFLAGS-siglist.c += $(fno-unit-at-a-time)
 
 # scanf14a.c and scanf16a.c test a deprecated extension which is no
diff --git a/stdio-common/err_map.h b/stdio-common/err_map.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cc3aa3375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdio-common/err_map.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* Internal errno names mapping definition.
+   Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _ERR_MAP_H
+#define _ERR_MAP_H
+
+#define ERR_MAP(n) (n)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/stdio-common/errlist-compat-data.h b/stdio-common/errlist-compat-data.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c89c9a5a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdio-common/errlist-compat-data.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Empty  */
diff --git a/stdio-common/errlist-compat.c b/stdio-common/errlist-compat.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e25b021ab..0000000000
--- a/stdio-common/errlist-compat.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/* Empty.  */
diff --git a/stdio-common/errlist-data-gen.c b/stdio-common/errlist-data-gen.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db4f50e6db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdio-common/errlist-data-gen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Internal errno names mapping definition.
+   Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <array_length.h>
+#include <err_map.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <libintl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+const char *const _sys_errlist_internal[] =
+  {
+#define _S(n, str)         [ERR_MAP(n)] = str,
+#include <errlist.h>
+#undef _S
+  };
+const size_t _sys_errlist_internal_len = array_length (_sys_errlist_internal);
+
+/* Include to get the definitions for sys_nerr/_sys_nerr.  */
+#include <errlist-compat-data.h>
diff --git a/stdio-common/errlist-data.S b/stdio-common/errlist-data.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9856c5080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdio-common/errlist-data.S
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifdef SHARED
+# include "errlist-data-aux.os"
+#else
+# include "errlist-data-aux.o"
+#endif
+
+#include <errlist-compat-data.h>
diff --git a/stdio-common/errlist.c b/stdio-common/errlist.c
index 1c09a31a7a..4c0a0a218d 100644
--- a/stdio-common/errlist.c
+++ b/stdio-common/errlist.c
@@ -16,29 +16,17 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <array_length.h>
+#include <err_map.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <libintl.h>
-#include <array_length.h>
-
-#ifndef ERR_MAP
-# define ERR_MAP(n) n
-#endif
-
-const char *const _sys_errlist_internal[] =
-  {
-#define _S(n, str)         [ERR_MAP(n)] = str,
-#include <errlist.h>
-#undef _S
-  };
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 const char *
 __get_errlist (int errnum)
 {
   int mapped = ERR_MAP (errnum);
-  if (mapped >= 0 && mapped < array_length (_sys_errlist_internal))
+  if (mapped >= 0 && mapped < _sys_errlist_internal_len)
     return _sys_errlist_internal[mapped];
   return NULL;
 }
-
-#include <errlist-compat.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/errlist.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/err_map.h
similarity index 83%
rename from sysdeps/mach/hurd/errlist.c
rename to sysdeps/mach/hurd/err_map.h
index 2d782ffc67..22d21ca9f1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/errlist.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/err_map.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Internal errno names mapping definition.  Hurd version.
+   Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#ifndef _ERR_MAP_H
+#define _ERR_MAP_H
+
 #include <mach/error.h>
 
 #define ERR_MAP(value) err_get_code (value)
-#include <stdio-common/errlist.c>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/errlist-compat.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/errlist-compat-data.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/errlist-compat.c
rename to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/errlist-compat-data.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat-data.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat.c
rename to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat-data.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat.h
index a09b38f243..33008863f8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist-compat.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define _ERRLIST_COMPAT_H
 
 #include <shlib-compat.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 /* Define new compat symbols for symbols  _sys_errlist, sys_errlist,
    _sys_nerr, and sys_nerr for version VERSION with NUMBERERR times number of
@@ -27,17 +28,25 @@
    Both _sys_errlist and sys_errlist alias to _sys_errlist_internal symbol
    (defined on errlist.c) while _sys_nerr and sys_nerr created new variable
    with the expected size.  */
-#define DEFINE_COMPAT_ERRLIST(NUMBERERR, VERSION) 			     \
-  const int __##VERSION##_sys_nerr = NUMBERERR;				     \
-  strong_alias (__##VERSION##_sys_nerr, __##VERSION##__sys_nerr); 	     \
-  declare_symbol_alias (__ ## VERSION ## _sys_errlist, _sys_errlist_internal,\
-			object, NUMBERERR * (ULONG_WIDTH / UCHAR_WIDTH));    \
-  declare_symbol_alias (__ ## VERSION ## __sys_errlist,			     \
-			_sys_errlist_internal, object,			     \
-			NUMBERERR * (ULONG_WIDTH / UCHAR_WIDTH));	     \
-  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## _sys_nerr, sys_nerr, VERSION);	     \
-  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## __sys_nerr, _sys_nerr, VERSION);      \
-  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## _sys_errlist, sys_errlist, VERSION);  \
-  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## __sys_errlist, _sys_errlist, VERSION);\
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLER__
+# define DEFINE_COMPAT_ERRLIST(NUMBERERR, VERSION) 			    \
+  declare_object_symbol_alias (__ ## VERSION ## _sys_errlist,		    \
+			       _sys_errlist_internal,			    \
+			       NUMBERERR * (ULONG_WIDTH / UCHAR_WIDTH))	    \
+			       ASM_LINE_SEP				    \
+  declare_object_symbol_alias (__ ## VERSION ## __sys_errlist,		    \
+			       _sys_errlist_internal, 			    \
+			       NUMBERERR * (ULONG_WIDTH / UCHAR_WIDTH))	    \
+			       ASM_LINE_SEP				    \
+  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## _sys_errlist, sys_errlist, VERSION)  \
+		 ASM_LINE_SEP						    \
+  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## __sys_errlist, _sys_errlist, VERSION)
+#else
+# define DEFINE_COMPAT_ERRLIST(NUMBERERR, VERSION) 			    \
+  const int __##VERSION##_sys_nerr = NUMBERERR;				    \
+  strong_alias (__##VERSION##_sys_nerr, __##VERSION##__sys_nerr);	    \
+  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## _sys_nerr, sys_nerr, VERSION);	    \
+  compat_symbol (libc, __## VERSION ## __sys_nerr, _sys_nerr, VERSION);
+#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/errlist-compat.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/errlist-compat-data.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/errlist-compat.c
rename to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/errlist-compat-data.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/errlist-compat.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/errlist-compat-data.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/errlist-compat.c
rename to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/errlist-compat-data.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/errlist-compat.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/errlist-compat-data.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/errlist-compat.c
rename to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/errlist-compat-data.h
