diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 12a5bb6f..db57160b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -692,6 +692,9 @@ static int do_option(int optc, const char *arg)
         if (mfx_optarg && mfx_optarg[0])
             set_script_name(mfx_optarg,1);
         break;
+    case 663:
+        opt->unix.ptinterp = true;
+        break;
     case 670:
         opt->psx.no_align = true;
         break;
@@ -802,6 +805,7 @@ static const struct mfx_option longopts[] =
 #if 0
     {"script",           0x31, 0, 662},     // --script=
 #endif
+    {"ptinterp",            0, 0, 663},     // linux/elf386 PT_INTERP program
     // watcom/le
     {"le",                  0, 0, 620},     // produce LE output
     // win32/pe
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index fb523d8e..659e9ce9 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct options_t {
     struct {
         unsigned blocksize;
         bool force_execve;          // force the linux/386 execve format
+        bool ptinterp;              // is PT_INTERP, so don't adjust auxv_t
         enum { SCRIPT_MAX = 32 };
         const char *script_name;
     } unix;
diff --git a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
index c0b50aac..f715cd6e 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
@@ -78,9 +78,23 @@ PackLinuxI386elf::getFilters() const
 int
 PackLinuxI386elf::buildLoader(const Filter *ft)
 {
+    unsigned char tmp[sizeof(linux_i386elf_fold)];
+    memcpy(tmp, linux_i386elf_fold, sizeof(linux_i386elf_fold));
+    if (opt->unix.ptinterp) {
+        unsigned j;
+        for (j = 0; j < sizeof(linux_i386elf_fold)-1; ++j) {
+            if (0x60==tmp[  j]
+            &&  0x47==tmp[1+j] ) {
+                /* put INC EDI before PUSHA: inhibits auxv_up for PT_INTERP */
+                tmp[  j] = 0x47;
+                tmp[1+j] = 0x60;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     return buildLinuxLoader(
         linux_i386elf_loader, sizeof(linux_i386elf_loader),
-        linux_i386elf_fold,   sizeof(linux_i386elf_fold),  ft );
+        tmp,                  sizeof(linux_i386elf_fold),  ft );
 }