diff --git a/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp b/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp
index d83799a..698ab6b 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   struct mapinfo_t* milist = NULL;
   char data[1024]; // Used to read lines as well as to construct the filename.
   snprintf(data, sizeof(data), "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
-  FILE* fp = fopen(data, "r");
+  FILE* fp = fopen(data, "re");
   if (fp != NULL) {
     while (fgets(data, sizeof(data), fp) != NULL) {
       mapinfo_t* mi = parse_maps_line(data);
diff --git a/libc/bionic/pututline.c b/libc/bionic/pututline.c
index c8427f7..8cbf470 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pututline.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/pututline.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     struct utmp u;
     long i;
 
-    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+")))
+    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+e")))
         return;
 
     while (fread(&u, sizeof(struct utmp), 1, f) == 1)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
     fclose(f);
 
-    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+")))
+    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+e")))
         return;
     fwrite(utmp, sizeof(struct utmp), 1, f);
 
diff --git a/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp b/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp
index 8309f08..d8aac4f 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 }
 
 static int __sysconf_nprocessors_onln() {
-  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/stat", "re");
   if (fp == NULL) {
     return 1;
   }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 }
 
 static int __get_meminfo(const char* pattern) {
-  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "re");
   if (fp == NULL) {
     return -1;
   }