diff --git a/include/elf.h b/include/elf.h
index 8bf1e72720..e8bfe38a9f 100644
--- a/include/elf.h
+++ b/include/elf.h
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
 #define ELFOSABI_MODESTO        11      /* Novell Modesto.  */
 #define ELFOSABI_OPENBSD        12      /* OpenBSD.  */
 #define ELFOSABI_ARM_FDPIC      65      /* ARM FDPIC */
+#define ELFOSABI_XTENSA_FDPIC   65      /* Xtensa FDPIC */
 #define ELFOSABI_ARM            97      /* ARM */
 #define ELFOSABI_STANDALONE     255     /* Standalone (embedded) application */
 
diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 5928c14dfc..150d1d4503 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -1748,6 +1748,15 @@ static inline void init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs,
     regs->windowstart = 1;
     regs->areg[1] = infop->start_stack;
     regs->pc = infop->entry;
+    if (info_is_fdpic(infop)) {
+        regs->areg[4] = infop->loadmap_addr;
+        regs->areg[5] = infop->interpreter_loadmap_addr;
+        if (infop->interpreter_loadmap_addr) {
+            regs->areg[6] = infop->interpreter_pt_dynamic_addr;
+        } else {
+            regs->areg[6] = infop->pt_dynamic_addr;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /* See linux kernel: arch/xtensa/include/asm/elf.h.  */
@@ -2207,11 +2216,16 @@ static void zero_bss(abi_ulong elf_bss, abi_ulong last_bss, int prot)
     }
 }
 
-#ifdef TARGET_ARM
+#if defined(TARGET_ARM)
 static int elf_is_fdpic(struct elfhdr *exec)
 {
     return exec->e_ident[EI_OSABI] == ELFOSABI_ARM_FDPIC;
 }
+#elif defined(TARGET_XTENSA)
+static int elf_is_fdpic(struct elfhdr *exec)
+{
+    return exec->e_ident[EI_OSABI] == ELFOSABI_XTENSA_FDPIC;
+}
 #else
 /* Default implementation, always false.  */
 static int elf_is_fdpic(struct elfhdr *exec)