diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 950bc177238ac77ad10137385a1e290cf20a9151..11fb68e68f656028c943a990f00f8622439507f1 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 	unsigned char k_rand_bytes[16];
 	int items;
 	elf_addr_t *elf_info;
+	elf_addr_t flags = 0;
 	int ei_index;
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -260,7 +261,9 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHENT, sizeof(struct elf_phdr));
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHNUM, exec->e_phnum);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE, interp_load_addr);
-	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, 0);
+	if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0)
+		flags |= AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0;
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, flags);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY, e_entry);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_UID, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->uid));
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EUID, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->euid));
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index be4062b8ba75eef23d71b19de1c52a9e65efd064..7a78c91bc1c15fe42a20bb58e856e19be977a989 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	char __user *u_platform, *u_base_platform, *p;
 	int loop;
 	int nr;	/* reset for each csp adjustment */
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	/* In some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
@@ -648,7 +649,9 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHENT,	sizeof(struct elf_phdr));
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHNUM,	exec_params->hdr.e_phnum);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE,	interp_params->elfhdr_addr);
-	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS,	0);
+	if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0)
+		flags |= AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0;
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS,	flags);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY,	exec_params->entry_addr);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_UID,	(elf_addr_t) from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->uid));
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EUID,	(elf_addr_t) from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->euid));
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 3880a82da1dc507a4b4efd02a8d6a2db79b40ef4..c457334de43f8709cc5ee162d2382ebb3fb4f199 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE)
 		goto ret;
 
-	if (!(fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0)) {
+	if (fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0) {
+		bprm->interp_flags |= BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0;
+	} else {
 		retval = remove_arg_zero(bprm);
 		if (retval)
 			goto ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 0571701ab1c57cc0d3dcddb119ea0c503e1ba641..0abd93efc18106437448e94e225de28407ea7880 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ struct linux_binprm {
 #define BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE_BIT 2
 #define BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE (1 << BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE_BIT)
 
+/* preserve argv0 for the interpreter  */
+#define BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0_BIT 3
+#define BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0 (1 << BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0_BIT)
+
 /* Function parameter for binfmt->coredump */
 struct coredump_params {
 	const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h b/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
index 689025d9c185b06abe50e36161c88ca263bba7cf..c6f9450efc120af7f82a3615e8f2aeed5d4924d9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ struct pt_regs;
 /* sizeof(linux_binprm->buf) */
 #define BINPRM_BUF_SIZE 256
 
+/* preserve argv0 for the interpreter  */
+#define AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0_BIT 0
+#define AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0 (1 << AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0_BIT)
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_BINFMTS_H */