diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index babefeb..b8a8800 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/personality.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <new>
@@ -2663,6 +2664,12 @@
     ldpreload_env = linker_env_get("LD_PRELOAD");
   }
 
+#if !defined(__LP64__)
+  if (personality(PER_LINUX32) == -1) {
+    __libc_fatal("error setting PER_LINUX32 personality: %s", strerror(errno));
+  }
+#endif
+
   INFO("[ android linker & debugger ]");
 
   soinfo* si = soinfo_alloc(args.argv[0], nullptr, 0, RTLD_GLOBAL);