diff --git a/include/zephyr/llext/elf.h b/include/zephyr/llext/elf.h
index b0477416a4338..ca9f498a49ac0 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/llext/elf.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/llext/elf.h
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ struct elf64_shdr {
 #define SHF_ALLOC 0x2           /**< Section is present in memory */
 #define SHF_EXECINSTR 0x4       /**< Section contains executable instructions */
 
+#define SHF_BASIC_TYPE_MASK	(SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC | SHF_EXECINSTR)
+
 /**
  * @brief Symbol table entry(32-bit)
  */
diff --git a/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h b/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
index 19fbe7a0b55da..9256f1db8a65d 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ enum llext_mem {
 struct llext_loader;
 /** @endcond */
 
+/* Maximim number of dependency LLEXTs */
+#define LLEXT_MAX_DEPENDENCIES 8
+
 /**
  * @brief Structure describing a linkable loadable extension
  *
@@ -111,6 +114,9 @@ struct llext {
 
 	/** Extension use counter, prevents unloading while in use */
 	unsigned int use_count;
+
+	/** Array of extensions, whose symbols this extension accesses */
+	struct llext *dependency[LLEXT_MAX_DEPENDENCIES];
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/zephyr/llext/symbol.h b/include/zephyr/llext/symbol.h
index 412924ddd4607..330bb19d9de48 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/llext/symbol.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/llext/symbol.h
@@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ struct llext_symtable {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @brief Exports a symbol from an extension to the base image
+ *
+ * This macro can be used in extensions to add a symbol (function or object)
+ * to the extension's exported symbol table, so that it may be referenced by
+ * the base image.
+ *
+ * @param x Extension symbol to export to the base image
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_LLEXT) && defined(LL_EXTENSION_BUILD)
+#define LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(x)							\
+	static const struct llext_const_symbol					\
+			Z_GENERIC_SECTION(".exported_sym") __used		\
+			x ## _sym = {						\
+		.name = STRINGIFY(x), .addr = (const void *)&x,			\
+	}
+#else
+#define LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(x)
+#endif
+
 /**
  * @brief Export a constant symbol to extensions
  *
@@ -96,7 +116,9 @@ struct llext_symtable {
  *
  * @param x Symbol to export to extensions
  */
-#if defined(CONFIG_LLEXT_EXPORT_BUILTINS_BY_SLID)
+#if defined(LL_EXTENSION_BUILD)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(x) LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(x)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_LLEXT_EXPORT_BUILTINS_BY_SLID)
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(x)							\
 	static const char Z_GENERIC_SECTION("llext_exports_strtab") __used	\
 		x ## _sym_name[] = STRINGIFY(x);				\
@@ -112,26 +134,6 @@ struct llext_symtable {
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(x)
 #endif
 
-/**
- * @brief Exports a symbol from an extension to the base image
- *
- * This macro can be used in extensions to add a symbol (function or object)
- * to the extension's exported symbol table, so that it may be referenced by
- * the base image.
- *
- * @param x Extension symbol to export to the base image
- */
-#if defined(CONFIG_LLEXT) && defined(LL_EXTENSION_BUILD)
-#define LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(x)							\
-	static const struct llext_const_symbol					\
-			Z_GENERIC_SECTION(".exported_sym") __used		\
-			x ## _sym = {						\
-		.name = STRINGIFY(x), .addr = (const void *)&x,			\
-	}
-#else
-#define LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(x)
-#endif
-
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext1/src/main.c b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext1/src/main.c
index d7f9c6aa71b3f..a2d98a937845f 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext1/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext1/src/main.c
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ int start(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start);
diff --git a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext2/src/main.c b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext2/src/main.c
index 38a054a5ccb19..f6fd7822f4de1 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext2/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext2/src/main.c
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ int start(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start);
diff --git a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext3/src/main.c b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext3/src/main.c
index 19aff8352d967..fcaf40186c4a5 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext3/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/ext3/src/main.c
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ int start(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start);
diff --git a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/k-ext1/src/main.c b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/k-ext1/src/main.c
index 34dedc6372820..121cc2568a88f 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/llext/edk/k-ext1/src/main.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/llext/edk/k-ext1/src/main.c
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ int start(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start);
diff --git a/samples/subsys/llext/modules/src/hello_world_ext.c b/samples/subsys/llext/modules/src/hello_world_ext.c
index 41220b027255e..b7251d6917d04 100644
--- a/samples/subsys/llext/modules/src/hello_world_ext.c
+++ b/samples/subsys/llext/modules/src/hello_world_ext.c
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ void hello_world(void)
 	printk("Hello, world, from an llext!\n");
 #endif
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(hello_world);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(hello_world);
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext.c b/subsys/llext/llext.c
index 831667f7c96c7..8469e316b5c34 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext.c
@@ -82,14 +82,13 @@ struct llext *llext_by_name(const char *name)
 int llext_iterate(int (*fn)(struct llext *ext, void *arg), void *arg)
 {
 	sys_snode_t *node;
-	unsigned int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	k_mutex_lock(&llext_lock, K_FOREVER);
 
-	for (node = sys_slist_peek_head(&_llext_list), i = 0;
+	for (node = sys_slist_peek_head(&_llext_list);
 	     node;
-	     node = sys_slist_peek_next(node), i++) {
+	     node = sys_slist_peek_next(node)) {
 		struct llext *ext = CONTAINER_OF(node, struct llext, _llext_list);
 
 		ret = fn(ext, arg);
@@ -198,6 +197,8 @@ int llext_unload(struct llext **ext)
 	/* FIXME: protect the global list */
 	sys_slist_find_and_remove(&_llext_list, &tmp->_llext_list);
 
+	llext_dependency_remove_all(tmp);
+
 	*ext = NULL;
 	k_mutex_unlock(&llext_lock);
 
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext_link.c b/subsys/llext/llext_link.c
index 4ee19f57583bd..959db4db28a03 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext_link.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext_link.c
@@ -52,6 +52,86 @@ static size_t llext_file_offset(struct llext_loader *ldr, size_t offset)
 	return offset;
 }
 
+/*
+ * We increment use-count every time a new dependent is added, and have to
+ * decrement it again, when one is removed. Ideally we should be able to add
+ * arbitrary numbers of dependencies, but using lists for this doesn't work,
+ * because multiple extensions can have common dependencies. Dynamically
+ * allocating dependency entries would be too wasteful. In this initial
+ * implementation we use an array of dependencies, if at some point we run out
+ * of array entries, we'll implement re-allocation.
+ * We add dependencies incrementally as we discover them, but we only ever
+ * expect them to be removed all at once, when their user is removed. So the
+ * dependency array is always "dense" - it cannot have NULL entries between
+ * valid ones.
+ */
+static int llext_dependency_add(struct llext *ext, struct llext *dependency)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ext->dependency); i++) {
+		if (ext->dependency[i] == dependency) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (!ext->dependency[i]) {
+			ext->dependency[i] = dependency;
+			dependency->use_count++;
+
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+void llext_dependency_remove_all(struct llext *ext)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ext->dependency) && ext->dependency[i]; i++) {
+		/*
+		 * The use-count of dependencies is tightly bound to dependent's
+		 * life cycle, so it shouldn't underrun.
+		 */
+		ext->dependency[i]->use_count--;
+		__ASSERT(ext->dependency[i]->use_count, "LLEXT dependency use-count underrun!");
+		/* No need to NULL-ify the pointer - ext is freed after this */
+	}
+}
+
+struct llext_extension_sym {
+	struct llext *ext;
+	const char *sym;
+	const void *addr;
+};
+
+static int llext_find_extension_sym_iterate(struct llext *ext, void *arg)
+{
+	struct llext_extension_sym *se = arg;
+	const void *addr = llext_find_sym(&ext->exp_tab, se->sym);
+
+	if (addr) {
+		se->addr = addr;
+		se->ext = ext;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const void *llext_find_extension_sym(const char *sym_name, struct llext **ext)
+{
+	struct llext_extension_sym se = {.sym = sym_name};
+
+	llext_iterate(llext_find_extension_sym_iterate, &se);
+	if (ext) {
+		*ext = se.ext;
+	}
+
+	return se.addr;
+}
+
 static void llext_link_plt(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct llext *ext,
 			   elf_shdr_t *shdr, bool do_local, elf_shdr_t *tgt)
 {
@@ -141,13 +221,25 @@ static void llext_link_plt(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct llext *ext,
 
 		switch (stb) {
 		case STB_GLOBAL:
+			/* First try the global symbol table */
 			link_addr = llext_find_sym(NULL,
 				SYM_NAME_OR_SLID(name, sym_tbl.st_value));
 
 			if (!link_addr) {
+				/* Next try internal tables */
 				link_addr = llext_find_sym(&ext->sym_tab, name);
 			}
 
+			if (!link_addr) {
+				/* Finally try any loaded tables */
+				struct llext *dep;
+
+				link_addr = llext_find_extension_sym(name, &dep);
+				if (link_addr) {
+					llext_dependency_add(ext, dep);
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (!link_addr) {
 				LOG_WRN("PLT: cannot find idx %u name %s", j, name);
 				continue;
@@ -297,6 +389,16 @@ int llext_link(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct llext *ext, bool do_local)
 				link_addr = (uintptr_t)llext_find_sym(NULL,
 					SYM_NAME_OR_SLID(name, sym.st_value));
 
+				if (link_addr == 0) {
+					/* Try loaded tables */
+					struct llext *dep;
+
+					link_addr = (uintptr_t)llext_find_extension_sym(name, &dep);
+					if (link_addr) {
+						llext_dependency_add(ext, dep);
+					}
+				}
+
 				if (link_addr == 0) {
 					LOG_ERR("Undefined symbol with no entry in "
 						"symbol table %s, offset %zd, link section %d",
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext_load.c b/subsys/llext/llext_load.c
index de3cdd6402b96..fcc26210ebcfc 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext_load.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext_load.c
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ static int llext_map_sections(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct llext *ext)
 			memcpy(region, shdr, sizeof(*region));
 		} else {
 			/* Make sure this section is compatible with the region */
-			if (shdr->sh_flags != region->sh_flags) {
-				LOG_ERR("Unsupported section flags for %s (region %d)",
+			if ((shdr->sh_flags & SHF_BASIC_TYPE_MASK) !=
+			    (region->sh_flags & SHF_BASIC_TYPE_MASK)) {
+				LOG_ERR("Unsupported section flags %#x / %#x for %s (region %d)",
+					(uint32_t)shdr->sh_flags, (uint32_t)region->sh_flags,
 					name, mem_idx);
 				return -ENOEXEC;
 			}
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext_priv.h b/subsys/llext/llext_priv.h
index be11877395709..da2484dc3fe21 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext_priv.h
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext_priv.h
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ static inline const void *llext_loaded_sect_ptr(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct
  */
 
 int llext_link(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct llext *ext, bool do_local);
+void llext_dependency_remove_all(struct llext *ext);
 
 #endif /* ZEPHYR_SUBSYS_LLEXT_PRIV_H_ */
diff --git a/subsys/logging/log_msg.c b/subsys/logging/log_msg.c
index c45eb2201daf1..e6534998c5071 100644
--- a/subsys/logging/log_msg.c
+++ b/subsys/logging/log_msg.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ void z_log_msg_runtime_vcreate(uint8_t domain_id, const void *source,
 		z_log_msg_finalize(msg, source, desc, data);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(z_log_msg_runtime_vcreate);
 
 int16_t log_msg_get_source_id(struct log_msg *msg)
 {
diff --git a/tests/misc/llext-edk/extension/src/main.c b/tests/misc/llext-edk/extension/src/main.c
index 59038de2cdf05..235504f5f8c37 100644
--- a/tests/misc/llext-edk/extension/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/misc/llext-edk/extension/src/main.c
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ int start(int bar)
 	printk("foo(%d) is %d\n", bar, foo(bar));
 	return 0;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(start);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/find_section_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/find_section_ext.c
index fcbe5c92a4d8b..5d947914ef402 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/find_section_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/find_section_ext.c
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	/* unused */
 }
 
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(number);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(number);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/hello_world_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/hello_world_ext.c
index 2a8bdf56c95eb..4cd2713cd9306 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/hello_world_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/hello_world_ext.c
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	printk("A number is %u\n", number);
 	zassert_equal(number, 42);
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/logging_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/logging_ext.c
index 94298ce2f150d..75a6428ebcf81 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/logging_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/logging_ext.c
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	LOG_INF("hello world");
 	LOG_INF("A number is %" PRIu32, number);
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/movwmovt_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/movwmovt_ext.c
index 21633228778b1..aecaf029ddc97 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/movwmovt_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/movwmovt_ext.c
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	__asm volatile ("blx r0");
 	zassert_equal(test_var, 1, "mov.w and mov.t test failed");
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/multi_file_ext1.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/multi_file_ext1.c
index bdc8bccaaa128..8aa9092ee2801 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/multi_file_ext1.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/multi_file_ext1.c
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 
 	run_id += 1;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/object_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/object_ext.c
index 7efe1a916d64e..1a4ea53158efd 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/object_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/object_ext.c
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 
 	run_id += 1;
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/pre_located_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/pre_located_ext.c
index 1308c8d662fc6..99d4b77ca5772 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/pre_located_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/pre_located_ext.c
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 {
 	/* This function is never called */
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/relative_jump_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/relative_jump_ext.c
index e7f67469b834e..8153d84903ca8 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/relative_jump_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/relative_jump_ext.c
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	printk("exit\n");
 	zassert_equal(test_var, 1, "relative jump test failed");
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/syscalls_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/syscalls_ext.c
index f8f073fb6f99f..d8e6449ee2ff3 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/syscalls_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/syscalls_ext.c
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	       input, input + 1, output);
 	zassert_equal(output, input + 1);
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);
diff --git a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/threads_kernel_objects_ext.c b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/threads_kernel_objects_ext.c
index fd6b9673c9578..ab9763b912151 100644
--- a/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/threads_kernel_objects_ext.c
+++ b/tests/subsys/llext/simple/src/threads_kernel_objects_ext.c
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ void test_entry(void)
 	k_thread_join(&my_thread, K_FOREVER);
 	printk("Test thread joined\n");
 }
-LL_EXTENSION_SYMBOL(test_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_entry);