diff --git a/libc/private/ScopeGuard.h b/libc/private/ScopeGuard.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..183e322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/private/ScopeGuard.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SCOPE_GUARD_H
+#define SCOPE_GUARD_H
+
+// TODO: include explicit std::move when it becomes available
+template<typename F>
+class ScopeGuard {
+ public:
+  ScopeGuard(F f) : f_(f), active_(true) {}
+
+  ScopeGuard(ScopeGuard&& that) : f_(that.f_), active_(that.active_) {
+    that.active_ = false;
+  }
+
+  ~ScopeGuard() {
+    if (active_) {
+      f_();
+    }
+  }
+
+  void disable() {
+    active_ = false;
+  }
+ private:
+  F f_;
+  bool active_;
+
+  ScopeGuard() = delete;
+  ScopeGuard(const ScopeGuard&) = delete;
+  ScopeGuard& operator=(const ScopeGuard&) = delete;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+ScopeGuard<T> create_scope_guard(T f) {
+  return ScopeGuard<T>(f);
+}
+
+#endif  // SCOPE_GUARD_H
diff --git a/tests/pthread_test.cpp b/tests/pthread_test.cpp
index 6557738..4a7c6bd 100644
--- a/tests/pthread_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/pthread_test.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "private/ScopeGuard.h"
 #include "ScopedSignalHandler.h"
 
 TEST(pthread, pthread_key_create) {
@@ -860,8 +861,19 @@
   // The stack size should correspond to RLIMIT_STACK.
   rlimit rl;
   ASSERT_EQ(0, getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rl));
+  uint64_t original_rlim_cur = rl.rlim_cur;
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+  if (rl.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY) {
+    rl.rlim_cur = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // Bionic reports unlimited stacks as 8MiB.
+  }
+#endif
   EXPECT_EQ(rl.rlim_cur, stack_size);
 
+  auto guard = create_scope_guard([&rl, original_rlim_cur]() {
+    rl.rlim_cur = original_rlim_cur;
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rl));
+  });
+
   // The high address of the /proc/self/maps [stack] region should equal stack_base + stack_size.
   // Remember that the stack grows down (and is mapped in on demand), so the low address of the
   // region isn't very interesting.