diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_attr.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_attr.cpp
index f6c0401..de4cc9e 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_attr.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_attr.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,36 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
+static uintptr_t __get_main_stack_startstack() {
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/self/stat", "re");
+  if (fp == nullptr) {
+    async_safe_fatal("couldn't open /proc/self/stat: %m");
+  }
+
+  char line[BUFSIZ];
+  if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) == nullptr) {
+    async_safe_fatal("couldn't read /proc/self/stat: %m");
+  }
+
+  fclose(fp);
+
+  // See man 5 proc. There's no reason comm can't contain ' ' or ')',
+  // so we search backwards for the end of it. We're looking for this field:
+  //
+  //  startstack %lu (28) The address of the start (i.e., bottom) of the stack.
+  uintptr_t startstack = 0;
+  const char* end_of_comm = strrchr(line, ')');
+  if (sscanf(end_of_comm + 1, " %*c "
+             "%*d %*d %*d %*d %*d "
+             "%*u %*u %*u %*u %*u %*u %*u "
+             "%*d %*d %*d %*d %*d %*d "
+             "%*u %*u %*d %*u %*u %*u %" SCNuPTR, &startstack) != 1) {
+    async_safe_fatal("couldn't parse /proc/self/stat");
+  }
+
+  return startstack;
+}
+
 static int __pthread_attr_getstack_main_thread(void** stack_base, size_t* stack_size) {
   ErrnoRestorer errno_restorer;
 
@@ -168,11 +198,28 @@
   if (stack_limit.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY) {
     stack_limit.rlim_cur = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
   }
-  uintptr_t lo, hi;
-  __find_main_stack_limits(&lo, &hi);
-  *stack_size = stack_limit.rlim_cur;
-  *stack_base = reinterpret_cast<void*>(hi - *stack_size);
-  return 0;
+
+  // Ask the kernel where our main thread's stack started.
+  uintptr_t startstack = __get_main_stack_startstack();
+
+  // Hunt for the region that contains that address.
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "re");
+  if (fp == nullptr) {
+    async_safe_fatal("couldn't open /proc/self/maps: %m");
+  }
+  char line[BUFSIZ];
+  while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != nullptr) {
+    uintptr_t lo, hi;
+    if (sscanf(line, "%" SCNxPTR "-%" SCNxPTR, &lo, &hi) == 2) {
+      if (lo <= startstack && startstack <= hi) {
+        *stack_size = stack_limit.rlim_cur;
+        *stack_base = reinterpret_cast<void*>(hi - *stack_size);
+        fclose(fp);
+        return 0;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  async_safe_fatal("stack not found in /proc/self/maps");
 }
 
 __BIONIC_WEAK_FOR_NATIVE_BRIDGE