diff --git a/statApp/src/linStat.h b/statApp/src/linStat.h
index 16f1f26..be03ba5 100644
--- a/statApp/src/linStat.h
+++ b/statApp/src/linStat.h
@@ -118,13 +118,16 @@ template<typename Tbl>
 std::shared_ptr<StatTable> tblFactory(const std::string& inst, const Reactor& react) {
     return std::make_shared<Tbl>(inst, react);
 }
+
+// When adding a new table, make sure to update tblBase.cpp:crossReference()
 #define DEFINE_TABLE(name, TblKlass) \
     static \
     __attribute__((section("linStatTableFactory"), retain, used)) \
     const linStat::StatTableFactory tbl ## TblKlass = { \
         name, \
         &tblFactory<TblKlass>, \
-    };
+    }; \
+    int TblKlass ## _Ref = 0;
 
 
 struct StatTableIter {
diff --git a/statApp/src/tblBase.cpp b/statApp/src/tblBase.cpp
index 7c66588..cf22c2c 100644
--- a/statApp/src/tblBase.cpp
+++ b/statApp/src/tblBase.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,31 @@ extern const char __start_linStatTableFactory;
 extern const char __stop_linStatTableFactory;
 }
 
+#define REF_TABLE(_klass) \
+    extern int _klass ## _Ref; \
+    _klass ## _Ref = 1;
+
+// Kludgy attempt to work around object file elimination in static libraries.
+static void __attribute__((used))
+crossReference() {
+    REF_TABLE(UptimeTable);
+    REF_TABLE(HWMonTable);
+    REF_TABLE(FDTable);
+    REF_TABLE(NetstatTable);
+    REF_TABLE(IFStatTable);
+    REF_TABLE(IRQTable);
+    REF_TABLE(ProcStatusTable);
+    REF_TABLE(SysStatTable);
+    REF_TABLE(PidTable);
+    REF_TABLE(EthtoolTable);
+    REF_TABLE(MallInfoTable);
+    REF_TABLE(StatVFSTable);
+    REF_TABLE(PDBTable);
+    REF_TABLE(HostTable);
+    REF_TABLE(ProcStatTable);
+    REF_TABLE(MemInfoTable);
+}
+
 namespace linStat {
 
 StatTable::~StatTable() {}