diff --git a/chore/nmindex/nmindex.go b/chore/nmindex/nmindex.go
index afeffef5..b20bc53e 100644
--- a/chore/nmindex/nmindex.go
+++ b/chore/nmindex/nmindex.go
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ The commands are:
 	case "mk":
 		makeIndex()
 	case "q":
-		query()
+		if len(os.Args) < 3 {
+			fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "Usage: nmindex q <symbol>\n")
+			return
+		}
+		query(os.Args[2])
 	default:
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unknown command: %s\n", cmd)
 	}
@@ -51,10 +55,7 @@ The commands are:
 
 func makeIndex() {
 	env := llvm.New()
-
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	check(err)
-	idxDir := home + "/.llgo/nmindex"
+	idxDir := indexDir()
 	os.MkdirAll(idxDir, 0755)
 
 	b := nm.NewIndexBuilder(env.Nm())
@@ -64,14 +65,27 @@ func makeIndex() {
 		stdLib("LLGO_STDROOT"),
 		stdLib("LLGO_USRROOT"),
 	}
-	err = b.Index(libDirs, idxDir, func(path string) {
+	err := b.Index(libDirs, idxDir, func(path string) {
 		fmt.Println("==>", path)
 	})
 	check(err)
 }
 
-func query() {
-	panic("todo")
+func query(q string) {
+	files, err := nm.Query(indexDir(), q)
+	check(err)
+	for _, f := range files {
+		fmt.Printf("%s:\n", f.ArFile)
+		for _, item := range f.Items {
+			fmt.Printf("  %c %s %s\n", item.Type, item.Symbol, item.ObjFile)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func indexDir() string {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	check(err)
+	return home + "/.llgo/nmindex"
 }
 
 func stdLib(where string) string {
diff --git a/x/nm/index.go b/x/nm/index.go
index f5af7f50..b53ade38 100644
--- a/x/nm/index.go
+++ b/x/nm/index.go
@@ -81,11 +81,16 @@ func (p *IndexBuilder) IndexFile(arFile, outFile string) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 	var b bytes.Buffer
-	b.WriteString("file ")
+	b.WriteString("nm ")
 	b.WriteString(arFile)
 	b.WriteByte('\n')
 	nbase := b.Len()
 	for _, item := range items {
+		if item.File != "" {
+			b.WriteString("file ")
+			b.WriteString(item.File)
+			b.WriteByte('\n')
+		}
 		for _, sym := range item.Symbols {
 			switch sym.Type {
 			case Text, Data, BSS, Rodata, 'S', 'C', 'W', 'A':
diff --git a/x/nm/query.go b/x/nm/query.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f39c19bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/nm/query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 The GoPlus Authors (goplus.org). All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package nm
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// MatchedItem represents a matched item
+type MatchedItem struct {
+	ObjFile string
+	Symbol  string
+	Type    SymbolType
+}
+
+// MatchedFile represents a matched file
+type MatchedFile struct {
+	ArFile string
+	Items  []*MatchedItem
+}
+
+// Query queries symbol in index files (allow wildcard).
+func Query(dir string, query string) (files []*MatchedFile, err error) {
+	fis, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	dir += "/"
+	for _, fi := range fis {
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		idxFile := fi.Name()
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(idxFile, ".pub") {
+			continue
+		}
+		files = queryIndex(files, dir+fi.Name(), query)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func queryIndex(files []*MatchedFile, idxFile, query string) []*MatchedFile {
+	f, err := os.Open(idxFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return files
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	r := bufio.NewReader(f)
+	line, err := r.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil || !strings.HasPrefix(line, "nm ") {
+		return files
+	}
+	var items []*MatchedItem
+	arFile := line[3 : len(line)-1]
+	objFile := ""
+	query, flags := parseQuery(query)
+	for {
+		line, err = r.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "file ") {
+			objFile = line[5 : len(line)-1]
+			continue
+		}
+		typ := line[0]
+		sym := line[2 : len(line)-1]
+		if !match(sym, query, flags) {
+			continue
+		}
+		items = append(items, &MatchedItem{
+			ObjFile: objFile,
+			Symbol:  sym,
+			Type:    SymbolType(typ),
+		})
+	}
+	if len(items) > 0 {
+		files = append(files, &MatchedFile{ArFile: arFile, Items: items})
+	}
+	return files
+}
+
+const (
+	flagSuffix = 1 << iota
+	flagPrefix
+)
+
+func parseQuery(query string) (text string, flags int) {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(query, "*") {
+		query = query[:len(query)-1]
+		flags = flagPrefix
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(query, "*") {
+		query = query[1:]
+		flags |= flagSuffix
+	}
+	text = query
+	return
+}
+
+func match(s, query string, flags int) bool {
+	switch flags {
+	case 0:
+		return s == query
+	case flagPrefix:
+		return strings.HasPrefix(s, query)
+	case flagSuffix:
+		return strings.HasSuffix(s, query)
+	default:
+		return strings.Contains(s, query)
+	}
+}