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diff --git a/elf/dl-support.c b/elf/dl-support.c
index 8c58b2ba69..448f4c6848 100644
--- a/elf/dl-support.c
+++ b/elf/dl-support.c
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ ElfW(Phdr) *_dl_phdr;
size_t _dl_phnum;
unsigned long int _dl_hwcap __attribute__ ((nocommon));
+/* Prevailing state of the stack, PF_X indicating it's executable. */
+ElfW(Word) _dl_stack_flags = PF_R|PF_W|PF_X;
+
+/* If loading a shared object requires that we make the stack executable
+ when it was not, we do it by calling this function.
+ It returns an errno code or zero on success. */
+int (*_dl_make_stack_executable_hook) (void) internal_function
+ = _dl_make_stack_executable;
+
+
#ifdef NEED_DL_SYSINFO
/* Needed for improved syscall handling on at least x86/Linux. */
uintptr_t _dl_sysinfo = DL_SYSINFO_DEFAULT;
@@ -264,6 +274,15 @@ _dl_non_dynamic_init (void)
/* Now determine the length of the platform string. */
if (_dl_platform != NULL)
_dl_platformlen = strlen (_dl_platform);
+
+ /* Scan for a program header telling us the stack is nonexecutable. */
+ if (_dl_phdr != NULL)
+ for (uint_fast16_t i = 0; i < _dl_phnum; ++i)
+ if (_dl_phdr[i].p_type == PT_GNU_STACK)
+ {
+ _dl_stack_flags = _dl_phdr[i].p_flags;
+ break;
+ }
}