diff --git a/src/AddressTranslator.cc b/src/AddressTranslator.cc
index d86b998e..72737991 100644
--- a/src/AddressTranslator.cc
+++ b/src/AddressTranslator.cc
@@ -661,3 +661,46 @@ vector<DiffEntry> diff_dol_files(const string& a_filename, const string& b_filen
   }
   return ret;
 }
+
+vector<DiffEntry> diff_xbe_files(const string& a_filename, const string& b_filename) {
+  ResourceDASM::XBEFile a(a_filename.c_str());
+  ResourceDASM::XBEFile b(b_filename.c_str());
+  auto a_mem = make_shared<ResourceDASM::MemoryContext>();
+  auto b_mem = make_shared<ResourceDASM::MemoryContext>();
+  a.load_into(a_mem);
+  b.load_into(b_mem);
+
+  uint32_t min_addr = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+  uint32_t max_addr = 0x00000000;
+  for (const auto& sec : a.sections) {
+    min_addr = min<uint32_t>(min_addr, sec.addr);
+    max_addr = max<uint32_t>(max_addr, sec.addr + sec.size);
+  }
+  for (const auto& sec : b.sections) {
+    min_addr = min<uint32_t>(min_addr, sec.addr);
+    max_addr = max<uint32_t>(max_addr, sec.addr + sec.size);
+  }
+
+  vector<DiffEntry> ret;
+  for (uint32_t addr = min_addr; addr < max_addr; addr++) {
+    bool a_exists = a_mem->exists(addr, 1);
+    bool b_exists = b_mem->exists(addr, 1);
+    if (a_exists && b_exists) {
+      uint8_t a_value = a_mem->read_u8(addr);
+      uint8_t b_value = b_mem->read_u8(addr);
+      if (a_value != b_value) {
+        if (!ret.empty() && (ret.back().address + ret.back().b_data.size() == addr)) {
+          auto& entry = ret.back();
+          entry.a_data.push_back(a_value);
+          entry.b_data.push_back(b_value);
+        } else {
+          auto& entry = ret.emplace_back();
+          entry.address = addr;
+          entry.a_data.push_back(a_value);
+          entry.b_data.push_back(b_value);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/AddressTranslator.hh b/src/AddressTranslator.hh
index a9e5140e..0b7be0b7 100644
--- a/src/AddressTranslator.hh
+++ b/src/AddressTranslator.hh
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ struct DiffEntry {
 
 void run_address_translator(const std::string& directory, const std::string& use_filename, const std::string& command);
 std::vector<DiffEntry> diff_dol_files(const std::string& a_filename, const std::string& b_filename);
+std::vector<DiffEntry> diff_xbe_files(const std::string& a_filename, const std::string& b_filename);
diff --git a/src/Main.cc b/src/Main.cc
index 2660d0b0..2e8b58e8 100644
--- a/src/Main.cc
+++ b/src/Main.cc
@@ -2868,12 +2868,23 @@ Action a_address_translator(
       run_address_translator(dir, args.get<string>(2, false), args.get<string>(3, false));
     });
 
-Action a_diff_dol_files(
-    "diff-dol-files", nullptr, +[](phosg::Arguments& args) {
+Action a_diff_executables(
+    "diff-executables", nullptr, +[](phosg::Arguments& args) {
       const string& a_filename = args.get<string>(1);
       const string& b_filename = args.get<string>(2);
       bool show_pre = args.get<bool>("show-pre");
-      auto result = diff_dol_files(a_filename, b_filename);
+      bool a_is_dol = phosg::ends_with(a_filename, ".dol");
+      bool b_is_dol = phosg::ends_with(b_filename, ".dol");
+      bool a_is_xbe = phosg::ends_with(a_filename, ".xbe");
+      bool b_is_xbe = phosg::ends_with(b_filename, ".xbe");
+      std::vector<DiffEntry> result;
+      if (a_is_dol && b_is_dol) {
+        result = diff_dol_files(a_filename, b_filename);
+      } else if (a_is_xbe && b_is_xbe) {
+        result = diff_xbe_files(a_filename, b_filename);
+      } else {
+        throw runtime_error("the two files are not the same type of executable, or are neither dol nor xbe");
+      }
       for (const auto& it : result) {
         string b_str = phosg::format_data_string(it.b_data, nullptr, phosg::FormatDataFlags::HEX_ONLY);
         if (show_pre) {