--- rtld.c.orig	2005-04-06 05:49:51.000000000 +0300
+++ rtld.c	2008-11-19 20:07:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -765,6 +765,7 @@

   if (*user_entry == (ElfW(Addr)) ENTRY_POINT)
     {
+      const char *forced_argv0 = NULL;
       /* Ho ho.  We are not the program interpreter!  We are the program
	 itself!  This means someone ran ld.so as a command.  Well, that
	 might be convenient to do sometimes.  We support it by
@@ -821,6 +822,14 @@
	    _dl_argc -= 2;
	    INTUSE(_dl_argv) += 2;
	  }
+	else if (! strcmp (INTUSE(_dl_argv)[1], "--argv0") && _dl_argc > 2)
+	  {
+	    forced_argv0 = INTUSE(_dl_argv)[2];
+
+	    _dl_skip_args += 2;
+	    _dl_argc -= 2;
+	    INTUSE(_dl_argv) += 2;
+	  }
	else
	  break;

@@ -847,7 +856,8 @@
   --library-path PATH   use given PATH instead of content of the environment\n\
                         variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH\n\
   --inhibit-rpath LIST  ignore RUNPATH and RPATH information in object names\n\
-                        in LIST\n");
+                        in LIST\n\
+  --argv0 STRING        use STRING as argv[0]\n");

       ++_dl_skip_args;
       --_dl_argc;
@@ -902,6 +912,8 @@
	  HP_TIMING_DIFF (load_time, start, stop);
	}

+      if (forced_argv0 != NULL) _dl_argv[0] = forced_argv0;
+
       /* Now the map for the main executable is available.  */
       main_map = GL(dl_ns)[LM_ID_BASE]._ns_loaded;