diff --git a/include/LIEF/ELF/Symbol.hpp b/include/LIEF/ELF/Symbol.hpp
index b4608f4951..c81d5d0e61 100644
--- a/include/LIEF/ELF/Symbol.hpp
+++ b/include/LIEF/ELF/Symbol.hpp
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class LIEF_API Symbol : public LIEF::Symbol {
   friend class Binary;
 
   public:
-  Symbol(const details::Elf32_Sym& header);
-  Symbol(const details::Elf64_Sym& header);
+  Symbol(const details::Elf32_Sym& header, ARCH arch);
+  Symbol(const details::Elf64_Sym& header, ARCH arch);
   Symbol(std::string name,
       ELF_SYMBOL_TYPES type = ELF_SYMBOL_TYPES::STT_NOTYPE,
       SYMBOL_BINDINGS binding = SYMBOL_BINDINGS::STB_WEAK,
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class LIEF_API Symbol : public LIEF::Symbol {
   uint16_t         shndx_   = 0;
   Section*         section_ = nullptr;
   SymbolVersion*   symbol_version_ = nullptr;
+  ARCH             arch_ = ARCH::EM_NONE;
 };
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/ELF/Parser.tcc b/src/ELF/Parser.tcc
index 0159a301a5..fb05e17203 100644
--- a/src/ELF/Parser.tcc
+++ b/src/ELF/Parser.tcc
@@ -992,8 +992,11 @@ ok_error_t Parser::parse_static_symbols(uint64_t offset, uint32_t nb_symbols,
     if (!raw_sym) {
       break;
     }
-    auto symbol = std::make_unique<Symbol>(std::move(*raw_sym));
-    auto symbol_name = stream_->peek_string_at(string_section.file_offset() + raw_sym->st_name);
+    auto symbol = std::make_unique<Symbol>(std::move(*raw_sym),
+                                           binary_->header().machine_type());
+
+    const auto name_offset = string_section.file_offset() + raw_sym->st_name;
+    auto symbol_name = stream_->peek_string_at(name_offset);
     if (symbol_name) {
       symbol->name(std::move(*symbol_name));
     } else {
@@ -1044,7 +1047,8 @@ ok_error_t Parser::parse_dynamic_symbols(uint64_t offset) {
       LIEF_DEBUG("Break on symbol #{:d}", i);
       break;
     }
-    auto symbol = std::make_unique<Symbol>(std::move(*symbol_header));
+    auto symbol = std::make_unique<Symbol>(std::move(*symbol_header),
+                                           binary_->header().machine_type());
 
     if (symbol_header->st_name > 0) {
       auto name = stream_->peek_string_at(string_offset + symbol_header->st_name);
diff --git a/src/ELF/Symbol.cpp b/src/ELF/Symbol.cpp
index db468610af..70e463263a 100644
--- a/src/ELF/Symbol.cpp
+++ b/src/ELF/Symbol.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Symbol::Symbol(const Symbol& other) : LIEF::Symbol{other},
   type_{other.type_},
   binding_{other.binding_},
   other_{other.other_},
-  shndx_{other.shndx_}
+  shndx_{other.shndx_},
+  arch_{other.arch_}
 {}
 
 
@@ -57,23 +58,26 @@ void Symbol::swap(Symbol& other) {
   std::swap(shndx_,          other.shndx_);
   std::swap(section_,        other.section_);
   std::swap(symbol_version_, other.symbol_version_);
+  std::swap(arch_,           other.arch_);
 }
 
-Symbol::Symbol(const details::Elf32_Sym& header) :
+Symbol::Symbol(const details::Elf32_Sym& header, ARCH arch) :
   type_{static_cast<ELF_SYMBOL_TYPES>(header.st_info & 0x0f)},
   binding_{static_cast<SYMBOL_BINDINGS>(header.st_info >> 4)},
   other_{header.st_other},
-  shndx_{header.st_shndx}
+  shndx_{header.st_shndx},
+  arch_{arch}
 {
   value_ = header.st_value;
   size_  = header.st_size;
 }
 
-Symbol::Symbol(const details::Elf64_Sym& header) :
+Symbol::Symbol(const details::Elf64_Sym& header, ARCH arch) :
   type_{static_cast<ELF_SYMBOL_TYPES>(header.st_info & 0x0f)},
   binding_{static_cast<SYMBOL_BINDINGS>(header.st_info >> 4)},
   other_{header.st_other},
-  shndx_{header.st_shndx}
+  shndx_{header.st_shndx},
+  arch_{arch}
 {
   value_ = header.st_value;
   size_  = header.st_size;
@@ -214,8 +218,14 @@ bool Symbol::is_imported() const {
   // An import must not be defined in a section
   bool is_imported = shndx() == static_cast<uint16_t>(SYMBOL_SECTION_INDEX::SHN_UNDEF);
 
-  // An import must not have an address
-  is_imported = is_imported && value() == 0;
+  const bool is_mips = arch_ == ARCH::EM_MIPS || arch_ == ARCH::EM_MIPS_X ||
+                       arch_ == ARCH::EM_MIPS_RS3_LE;
+  const bool is_ppc = arch_ == ARCH::EM_PPC || arch_ == ARCH::EM_PPC64;
+
+  // An import must not have an address (except for some architectures like Mips/PPC)
+  if (!is_mips && !is_ppc) {
+    is_imported = is_imported && value() == 0;
+  }
 
   // its name must not be empty
   is_imported = is_imported && !name().empty();
@@ -239,16 +249,10 @@ void Symbol::set_imported(bool flag) {
   }
 }
 
-
-
 void Symbol::accept(Visitor& visitor) const {
   visitor.visit(*this);
 }
 
-
-
-
-
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Symbol& entry) {
 
   std::string name = entry.demangled_name();
diff --git a/tests/elf/test_issues.py b/tests/elf/test_issues.py
index 72e1b30057..da1eeed2dd 100755
--- a/tests/elf/test_issues.py
+++ b/tests/elf/test_issues.py
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ def test_issue_863(tmp_path: Path):
     new = lief.parse(out.as_posix())
     assert new.sysv_hash.nchain == 6
 
+def test_pr_968():
+    elf = lief.ELF.parse(get_sample('ELF/echo.mips_r3000.bin'))
+    sym: lief.ELF.Symbol = elf.get_symbol("strstr")
+    assert sym.imported