diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/dump_globals.c b/tools/qfcc/source/dump_globals.c
index e00921d2e..3dec3a00d 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/dump_globals.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/dump_globals.c
@@ -302,9 +302,8 @@ qfo_relocs (qfo_t *qfo)
 				break;
 			case rel_def_string:
 				printf (" def@%d:%x string:%x `%s'",
-						reloc->space, reloc->offset,
-						QFO_STRING (qfo, reloc->space, reloc->offset),
-						QFO_GSTRING (qfo, reloc->space, reloc->offset));
+						reloc->space, reloc->offset, reloc->target,
+						QFO_GETSTR (qfo, reloc->target));
 				break;
 			case rel_def_field:
 				def = qfo->defs + reloc->target;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c b/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
index d8de9c827..e54fca0e8 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
@@ -315,10 +315,16 @@ qfo_from_progs (pr_info_t *pr)
 
 	qfo->num_loose_relocs = qfo->num_relocs - (reloc - qfo->relocs);
 	for (r = pr->relocs; r; r = r->next) {
-		if (r->type == rel_def_op)
+		if (r->type == rel_def_op) {
 			qfo_encode_one_reloc (r, &reloc, r->label->dest->offset);
-		else
+		} else if (r->type == rel_def_string) {
+			def_t       d;
+			d.space = r->space;
+			d.offset = r->offset;
+			qfo_encode_one_reloc (r, &reloc, D_STRING (&d));
+		} else {
 			qfo_encode_one_reloc (r, &reloc, 0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return qfo;