diff --git a/libcextract/SymbolExternalizer.cpp b/libcextract/SymbolExternalizer.cpp
index f7f4f70..23bcd6e 100644
--- a/libcextract/SymbolExternalizer.cpp
+++ b/libcextract/SymbolExternalizer.cpp
@@ -513,6 +513,33 @@ bool SymbolExternalizer::FunctionUpdater::Update_References_To_Symbol(Stmt *stmt
       expr->setDecl(NewSymbolDecl);
       replaced = true;
     }
+  } else if (DeclStmt::classof(stmt)) {
+    /* To handle symbol renames on situations like the sizeof below
+     *
+     * static char x[4];
+     *
+     * void f(void) {
+     *    char y[sizeof(x)];
+     * }
+     */
+    DeclStmt *dstmt = (DeclStmt *) stmt;
+    Decl *ddecl = dstmt->getSingleDecl();
+
+    auto vec_of_ranges = Get_Range_Of_Identifier_In_SrcRange(ddecl->getSourceRange(),
+                                                             OldSymbolName.c_str());
+
+    if (vec_of_ranges.size() > 0) {
+      /* Prepare the text modification.  */
+      std::string new_name;
+      if (Wrap) {
+        new_name = NewSymbolDecl->getName().str();
+      } else {
+        new_name = "(*" + NewSymbolDecl->getName().str() + ")";
+      }
+
+      /* Issue a text modification.  */
+      SE.Replace_Text(vec_of_ranges[0], new_name, 100);
+    }
   }
 
   /* Repeat the process to child statements.  */
diff --git a/testsuite/ccp/ext5-obj-5.c b/testsuite/ccp/ext5-obj-5.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037ca95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/ccp/ext5-obj-5.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* { dg-options "-DCE_EXTRACT_FUNCTIONS=pu_f -DCE_EXPORT_SYMBOLS=ee_o" }*/
+static char ee_o[] = "123";
+
+void pu_f(void)
+{
+        char s[sizeof(ee_o)];
+        ee_o;
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump "static char \(\*klpe_ee_o\)\[4\];" } } */