diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 54207327f..a8a725026 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 	unsigned char k_rand_bytes[16];
 	int items;
 	elf_addr_t *elf_info;
+	elf_addr_t flags = 0;
 	int ei_index = 0;
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
@@ -251,7 +252,10 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, 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 |= BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0;
+	}
+	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, flags);
 	NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY, exec->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 b53bb3729..cb3e4e2a4 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ 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
@@ -651,7 +652,10 @@ 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 |= BINPRM_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 aa4a7a23f..46c509cd0 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		retval = remove_arg_zero(bprm);
 		if (retval)
 			goto ret;
+	} else {
+		bprm->interp_flags |= BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0;
 	}
 
 	if (fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_BINARY) {
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 688ab0de7..c082650a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ struct linux_binprm {
 #define BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE_BIT 2
 #define BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE (1 << BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE_BIT)
 
+/* if preserve the 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;