diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp
index 00faa5b..f091ff8 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,14 @@
   bool memtag_stack = false;
   HeapTaggingLevel level =
       __get_tagging_level(memtag_dynamic_entries, phdr_start, phdr_ct, load_bias, &memtag_stack);
+  // This is used by the linker (in linker.cpp) to communicate than any library linked by this
+  // executable enables memtag-stack.
+  if (__libc_shared_globals()->initial_memtag_stack) {
+    if (!memtag_stack) {
+      async_safe_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "libc", "enabling PROT_MTE as requested by linker");
+    }
+    memtag_stack = true;
+  }
   char* env = getenv("BIONIC_MEMTAG_UPGRADE_SECS");
   static const char kAppProcessName[] = "app_process64";
   const char* progname = __libc_shared_globals()->init_progname;
@@ -373,6 +381,8 @@
   }
   // We did not enable MTE, so we do not need to arm the upgrade timer.
   __libc_shared_globals()->heap_tagging_upgrade_timer_sec = 0;
+  // We also didn't enable memtag_stack.
+  __libc_shared_globals()->initial_memtag_stack = false;
 }
 #else   // __aarch64__
 void __libc_init_mte(const memtag_dynamic_entries_t*, const void*, size_t, uintptr_t, void*) {}