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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el
index 0837b37023e..643b6aba2a6 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/find-func.el
@@ -400,9 +400,12 @@ See `find-library' for more details."
Visit the library in a buffer, and return a cons cell (BUFFER . POSITION),
or just (BUFFER . nil) if the definition can't be found in the file.
-If TYPE is nil, look for a function definition.
-Otherwise, TYPE specifies the kind of definition,
-and it is interpreted via `find-function-regexp-alist'.
+If TYPE is nil, look for a function definition,
+otherwise, TYPE specifies the kind of definition.
+If SYMBOL has a property `definition-type',
+the property value is used instead of TYPE.
+TYPE is interpreted via `find-function-regexp-alist'.
+
The search is done in the source for library LIBRARY."
(if (null library)
(error "Don't know where `%s' is defined" symbol))
@@ -410,6 +413,8 @@ The search is done in the source for library LIBRARY."
;; that defines something else.
(while (and (symbolp symbol) (get symbol 'definition-name))
(setq symbol (get symbol 'definition-name)))
+ (setq type (or (get symbol 'definition-type)
+ type))
(if (string-match "\\`src/\\(.*\\.\\(c\\|m\\)\\)\\'" library)
(find-function-C-source symbol (match-string 1 library) type)
(when (string-match "\\.el\\(c\\)\\'" library)