diff --git a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/pmdsky_debug_reader.py b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/pmdsky_debug_reader.py
index d54ddbd5..1a9e61a0 100644
--- a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/pmdsky_debug_reader.py
+++ b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/pmdsky_debug_reader.py
@@ -114,5 +114,6 @@ def read_pmdsky_debug_symbols() -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Dict[int, SymbolDetails]]
             for file in os.listdir(overlay_folder):
                 if file.endswith('.yml'):
                     read_yaml_symbols(os.path.join(overlay_name, file), str(i))
+    read_yaml_symbols('ram.yml', 'ram')
 
     return pmdsky_debug_symbols
diff --git a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_from_pmdsky_debug.py b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_from_pmdsky_debug.py
index 199b0a5e..7c404c09 100644
--- a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_from_pmdsky_debug.py
+++ b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_from_pmdsky_debug.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ replaced_symbols = set()
 for language, pmdsky_debug_language_symbols in pmdsky_debug_symbols.items():
     xmap_language_symbols = xmap_symbols[language]
     for section_name, pmdsky_debug_section in pmdsky_debug_language_symbols.items():
+        if section_name == 'ram':
+            # We can't distinguish between different types of RAM symbols.
+            # E.g., they could be in the BSS, heap, etc.
+            continue
         if section_name in xmap_language_symbols:
             xmap_section = xmap_language_symbols[section_name]
         else:
diff --git a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_to_pmdsky_debug.py b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_to_pmdsky_debug.py
index 7aac60e4..aea84896 100644
--- a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_to_pmdsky_debug.py
+++ b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/sync_to_pmdsky_debug.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ def sync_xmap_symbol(address: int, symbol: SymbolDetails, language: str, yaml_ma
             base_symbol_path = 'arm7.yml'
         elif section_name == 'ITCM':
             base_symbol_path = os.path.join('arm9', 'itcm.yml')
+        elif section_name == 'ram':
+            base_symbol_path = 'ram.yml'
         else:
             base_symbol_path = f'overlay{int(section_name):02d}.yml'
 
diff --git a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/xmap_reader.py b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/xmap_reader.py
index b948d652..e74da77d 100644
--- a/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/xmap_reader.py
+++ b/tools/sync_pmdsky_debug/xmap_reader.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ def read_xmap_symbols_for_language(language: str) -> Dict[str, Dict[int, SymbolD
         for line in xmap_lines:
             if line.startswith(SECTION_START):
                 section_name = line[len(SECTION_START) : -1]
+                # The corresponding BSS sections can contain RAM data symbols
+                is_ram = section_name.endswith('.bss')
+                section_name = section_name.removesuffix('.bss')
                 if section_name in overlay_names:
                     current_section = str(overlay_names[section_name])
                 elif section_name == 'main' or section_name == 'ITCM' or section_name == 'arm7':
@@ -64,10 +67,12 @@ def read_xmap_symbols_for_language(language: str) -> Dict[str, Dict[int, SymbolD
                     current_section = 'arm7'
                 else:
                     current_section = None
+                if current_section is not None and is_ram:
+                    current_section = 'ram'
                 if current_section is not None and current_section not in xmap_symbols:
                     xmap_symbols[current_section]: Dict[str, int] = {}
 
-            elif current_section is not None and line.startswith('  ') and ('.text' in line or '.data' in line) and len(line) > 28 and line[28] not in NON_FUNCTION_SYMBOLS:
+            elif current_section is not None and line.startswith('  ') and ('.text' in line or '.data' in line or '.bss' in line) and len(line) > 28 and line[28] not in NON_FUNCTION_SYMBOLS:
                 symbol_split = line[28:-1].split('\t')
                 symbol_name = symbol_split[0]
                 symbol_address = int(line[2:10], 16)