diff --git a/pkg/proc/bininfo.go b/pkg/proc/bininfo.go
index 3deafc67..9ade7bdc 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/bininfo.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/bininfo.go
@@ -1443,16 +1443,19 @@ func loadBinaryInfoElf(bi *BinaryInfo, image *Image, path string, addr uint64, w
 
 	bi.loadBuildID(image, elfFile)
 	var debugInfoBytes []byte
-	image.dwarf, err = elfFile.DWARF()
-	if err != nil {
+	var dwerr error
+	image.dwarf, dwerr = elfFile.DWARF()
+	if dwerr != nil {
 		var sepFile *os.File
 		var serr error
 		sepFile, dwarfFile, serr = bi.openSeparateDebugInfo(image, elfFile, bi.DebugInfoDirectories)
 		if serr != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Warning: no debug info found, some functionality will be missing such as stack traces and variable evaluation.")
+			if len(bi.Images) <= 1 {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Warning: no debug info found, some functionality will be missing such as stack traces and variable evaluation.")
+			}
 			symTable, err := readPcLnTableElf(elfFile, path)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not create symbol table from  %s ", path)
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not read debug info (%v) and could not read go symbol table (%v)", dwerr, err)
 			}
 			image.symTable = symTable
 			for _, f := range image.symTable.Funcs {
diff --git a/pkg/proc/pclntab.go b/pkg/proc/pclntab.go
index 34515332..a2f23b94 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/pclntab.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/pclntab.go
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ func readPcLnTableElf(exe *elf.File, path string) (*gosym.Table, error) {
 	// Find .gopclntab by magic number even if there is no section label
 	magic := magicNumber(bi.GoVersion)
 	pclntabIndex := bytes.Index(tableData, magic)
-	if pclntabIndex < 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find magic number in %s ", path)
+	if pclntabIndex >= 0 {
+		tableData = tableData[pclntabIndex:]
 	}
-	tableData = tableData[pclntabIndex:]
 	addr := exe.Section(".text").Addr
 	lineTable := gosym.NewLineTable(tableData, addr)
 	symTable, err := gosym.NewTable([]byte{}, lineTable)
diff --git a/pkg/proc/proc_test.go b/pkg/proc/proc_test.go
index 10f7876d..6c5065fb 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/proc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/proc_test.go
@@ -3169,6 +3169,7 @@ func TestDebugStripped(t *testing.T) {
 	// Currently only implemented for Linux ELF executables.
 	// TODO(derekparker): Add support for Mach-O and PE.
 	skipUnlessOn(t, "linux only", "linux")
+	skipOn(t, "does not work with PIE", "pie")
 	withTestProcessArgs("testnextprog", t, "", []string{}, protest.LinkStrip, func(p *proc.Target, grp *proc.TargetGroup, f protest.Fixture) {
 		setFunctionBreakpoint(p, t, "main.main")
 		assertNoError(grp.Continue(), t, "Continue")