diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 2eac6d5..54c3a3a 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -5222,6 +5222,13 @@ static int do_open(void *cpu_env, const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode)
         { NULL, NULL, NULL }
     };
 
+    CPUState *cpu = ENV_GET_CPU((CPUArchState *)cpu_env);
+    TaskState *ts = cpu->opaque;
+
+    if (is_proc_myself(pathname, "exe")) {
+        return get_errno(open(path(ts->bprm->argv[0]), flags, mode));
+    }
+
     for (fake_open = fakes; fake_open->filename; fake_open++) {
         if (fake_open->cmp(pathname, fake_open->filename)) {
             break;