diff --git a/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table.go b/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table.go
index abae81f619..5c4051b7d4 100644
--- a/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table.go
+++ b/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table.go
@@ -65,6 +65,67 @@ var (
 	errGoSymbolsNotFound = errors.New("gosymtab: no go symbols found")
 )
 
+// findRuntimeTextSymbol looks up the "runtime.text" symbol from .symtab.
+// Since Go 1.26, pcHeader.textStart is always zero: the linker no longer
+// stores the text base in pclntab (the field required the only relocation
+// in that section and was otherwise unused).
+// See: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/0e1bd8b5f17e337df0ffb57af03419b96c695fe4
+func (f *MMapedElfFile) findRuntimeTextSymbol() uint64 {
+	symtabSection := f.sectionByType(elf.SHT_SYMTAB)
+	if symtabSection == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	// Find the linked string table section.
+	if int(symtabSection.Link) >= len(f.Sections) {
+		return 0
+	}
+	strtabSection := &f.Sections[symtabSection.Link]
+
+	symData, err := f.SectionData(symtabSection)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	strData, err := f.SectionData(strtabSection)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	var symSize int
+	var getValue func([]byte) uint64
+	switch f.Class {
+	case elf.ELFCLASS64:
+		symSize = elf.Sym64Size
+		getValue = func(b []byte) uint64 { return f.ByteOrder.Uint64(b[8:16]) }
+	case elf.ELFCLASS32:
+		symSize = elf.Sym32Size
+		getValue = func(b []byte) uint64 { return uint64(f.ByteOrder.Uint32(b[4:8])) }
+	default:
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	// Skip first (null) entry.
+	if len(symData) < symSize {
+		return 0
+	}
+	symData = symData[symSize:]
+
+	target := "runtime.text\x00"
+	for len(symData) >= symSize {
+		entry := symData[:symSize]
+		symData = symData[symSize:]
+
+		nameIdx := int(f.ByteOrder.Uint32(entry[:4]))
+		end := nameIdx + len(target)
+		if nameIdx < 0 || end > len(strData) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if string(strData[nameIdx:end]) == target {
+			return getValue(entry)
+		}
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 func (f *MMapedElfFile) NewGoTable() (*GoTable, error) {
 	obj := f
 	var err error
@@ -90,7 +151,12 @@ func (f *MMapedElfFile) NewGoTable() (*GoTable, error) {
 	textStart := gosym2.ParseRuntimeTextFromPclntab18(pclntabHeader)
 
 	if textStart == 0 {
-		// for older versions text.Addr is enough
+		// pcHeader.textStart is zero (Go 1.26+), fall back to .symtab.
+		textStart = f.findRuntimeTextSymbol()
+	}
+	if textStart == 0 {
+		// Fallback: use the .text section virtual address.
+		// For non-PIE pure-Go binaries, runtime.text == .text section address.
 		// https://github.com/golang/go/commit/b38ab0ac5f78ac03a38052018ff629c03e36b864
 		textStart = text.Addr
 	}
diff --git a/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table_test.go b/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table_test.go
index 979fe69292..0d646d911e 100644
--- a/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table_test.go
+++ b/ebpf/symtab/elf/go_table_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ func TestSelfGoSymbolComparison(t *testing.T) {
 		{"./testdata/elfs/go16-static", false}, // this one switches from 32 to 64 in the middle
 		{"./testdata/elfs/go18-static", false}, // this one starts with 64
 		{"./testdata/elfs/go20-static", true},
+		{"./testdata/elfs/go26", true},        // Go 1.26: pcHeader.textStart is always zero
+		{"./testdata/elfs/go26-static", true}, // Go 1.26: static build
 	}
 	for _, testcase := range ts {
 		t.Run(testcase.f, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/Dockerfile b/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/Dockerfile
index 395bdc5294..119fece9c4 100644
--- a/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/Dockerfile
+++ b/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/Dockerfile
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ ADD hello.go hello.go
 RUN go build hello.go
 RUN go build -ldflags="-extldflags=-static" -o hello-static hello.go
 
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 golang:1.26 as go126
+ADD hello.go hello.go
+RUN go build hello.go
+RUN go build -ldflags="-extldflags=-static" -o hello-static hello.go
+
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=builder elf elf.debug elf.stripped elf.debuglink elf.nopie elf.nobuildid libexample.so ./elfs/
 COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/debug/ ./usr/lib/debug/
@@ -33,7 +38,9 @@ COPY --from=go12 /go/hello ./elfs/go12
 COPY --from=go116 /go/hello ./elfs/go16
 COPY --from=go118 /go/hello ./elfs/go18
 COPY --from=go120 /go/hello ./elfs/go20
+COPY --from=go126 /go/hello ./elfs/go26
 COPY --from=go12 /go/hello-static ./elfs/go12-static
 COPY --from=go116 /go/hello-static ./elfs/go16-static
 COPY --from=go118 /go/hello-static ./elfs/go18-static
 COPY --from=go120 /go/hello-static ./elfs/go20-static
+COPY --from=go126 /go/hello-static ./elfs/go26-static
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/elfs/go26 b/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/elfs/go26
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..eaa5701c93
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diff --git a/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/elfs/go26-static b/ebpf/symtab/elf/testdata/elfs/go26-static
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e5cfbc46c1
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