diff --git a/libc/bionic/__libc_init_main_thread.cpp b/libc/bionic/__libc_init_main_thread.cpp
index 1b539f2..0d557f1 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/__libc_init_main_thread.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/__libc_init_main_thread.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 // Declared in "private/bionic_ssp.h".
 uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard = 0;
 
-static pthread_internal_t main_thread;
+BIONIC_USED_BEFORE_LINKER_RELOCATES static pthread_internal_t main_thread;
 
 // Setup for the main thread. For dynamic executables, this is called by the
 // linker _before_ libc is mapped in memory. This means that all writes to
diff --git a/libc/bionic/bionic_call_ifunc_resolver.cpp b/libc/bionic/bionic_call_ifunc_resolver.cpp
index 3cfb8b5..0b12088 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/bionic_call_ifunc_resolver.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/bionic_call_ifunc_resolver.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
 #include <sys/ifunc.h>
 
+#include "bionic/macros.h"
 #include "private/bionic_auxv.h"
 
 // This code is called in the linker before it has been relocated, so minimize calls into other
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@
 ElfW(Addr) __bionic_call_ifunc_resolver(ElfW(Addr) resolver_addr) {
 #if defined(__aarch64__)
   typedef ElfW(Addr) (*ifunc_resolver_t)(uint64_t, __ifunc_arg_t*);
-  static __ifunc_arg_t arg;
-  static bool initialized = false;
+  BIONIC_USED_BEFORE_LINKER_RELOCATES static __ifunc_arg_t arg;
+  BIONIC_USED_BEFORE_LINKER_RELOCATES static bool initialized = false;
   if (!initialized) {
     initialized = true;
     arg._size = sizeof(__ifunc_arg_t);
diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp
index 8068fc2..616f232 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.cpp
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@
   // We did not enable MTE, so we do not need to arm the upgrade timer.
   __libc_shared_globals()->heap_tagging_upgrade_timer_sec = 0;
 }
+
 #else   // __aarch64__
 void __libc_init_mte(const memtag_dynamic_entries_t*, const void*, size_t, uintptr_t, void*) {}
 #endif  // __aarch64__
@@ -526,6 +527,6 @@
 // compiled with -ffreestanding to avoid implicit string.h function calls. (It shouldn't strictly
 // be necessary, though.)
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ libc_shared_globals* __libc_shared_globals() {
-  static libc_shared_globals globals;
+  BIONIC_USED_BEFORE_LINKER_RELOCATES static libc_shared_globals globals;
   return &globals;
 }