diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 8143a0d4b0..5e3d41dc2b 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ unsigned long mmap_min_addr;
 uintptr_t guest_base;
 bool have_guest_base;
 
+bool qemu_dup_for_children;
+int qemu_argc;
+char **qemu_argv;
+
 /*
  * Used to implement backwards-compatibility for the `-strace`, and
  * QEMU_STRACE options. Without this, the QEMU_LOG can be overwritten by
@@ -451,6 +455,11 @@ static void handle_arg_jitdump(const char *arg)
     perf_enable_jitdump();
 }
 
+static void handle_arg_qemu_children(const char *arg)
+{
+    qemu_dup_for_children = true;
+}
+
 static QemuPluginList plugins = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(plugins);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
@@ -526,6 +535,10 @@ static const struct qemu_argument arg_table[] = {
      "",           "Generate a /tmp/perf-${pid}.map file for perf"},
     {"jitdump",    "QEMU_JITDUMP",     false, handle_arg_jitdump,
      "",           "Generate a jit-${pid}.dump file for perf"},
+    {"qemu-children",
+                   "QEMU_CHILDREN",    false, handle_arg_qemu_children,
+     "",           "Run child processes (created with execve) with qemu "
+                   "(as instantiated for the parent)"},
     {NULL, NULL, false, NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -729,6 +742,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     optind = parse_args(argc, argv);
 
+    if (qemu_dup_for_children) {
+        qemu_argc = optind;
+        qemu_argv = g_new0(char *, qemu_argc);
+        for (i = 0; i < optind; ++i) {
+            qemu_argv[i] = strdup(argv[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
     qemu_set_log_filename_flags(last_log_filename,
                                 last_log_mask | (enable_strace * LOG_STRACE),
                                 &error_fatal);
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index a666986189..79019c0db0 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -8457,13 +8457,14 @@ static int do_execv(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int dirfd,
                     abi_long pathname, abi_long guest_argp,
                     abi_long guest_envp, int flags, bool is_execveat)
 {
-    int ret;
+    int ret, argp_offset;
     char **argp, **envp;
     int argc, envc;
     abi_ulong gp;
     abi_ulong addr;
     char **q;
     void *p;
+    bool through_qemu = dirfd == AT_FDCWD && qemu_dup_for_children;
 
     argc = 0;
 
@@ -8487,10 +8488,12 @@ static int do_execv(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int dirfd,
         envc++;
     }
 
-    argp = g_new0(char *, argc + 1);
+    argp_offset = through_qemu ? qemu_argc : 0;
+    argp = g_new0(char *, argc + argp_offset + 1);
     envp = g_new0(char *, envc + 1);
 
-    for (gp = guest_argp, q = argp; gp; gp += sizeof(abi_ulong), q++) {
+    for (gp = guest_argp, q = argp + argp_offset;
+         gp; gp += sizeof(abi_ulong), q++) {
         if (get_user_ual(addr, gp)) {
             goto execve_efault;
         }
@@ -8535,9 +8538,16 @@ static int do_execv(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int dirfd,
     }
 
     const char *exe = p;
-    if (is_proc_myself(p, "exe")) {
+    if (through_qemu) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < argp_offset; ++i) {
+            argp[i] = qemu_argv[i];
+        }
+        exe = qemu_argv[0];
+    } else if (is_proc_myself(p, "exe")) {
         exe = exec_path;
     }
+
     ret = is_execveat
         ? safe_execveat(dirfd, exe, argp, envp, flags)
         : safe_execve(exe, argp, envp);
@@ -8551,7 +8561,8 @@ execve_efault:
     ret = -TARGET_EFAULT;
 
 execve_end:
-    for (gp = guest_argp, q = argp; *q; gp += sizeof(abi_ulong), q++) {
+    for (gp = guest_argp, q = argp + argp_offset;
+         *q; gp += sizeof(abi_ulong), q++) {
         if (get_user_ual(addr, gp) || !addr) {
             break;
         }
diff --git a/linux-user/user-internals.h b/linux-user/user-internals.h
index 5c7f173ceb..a4615eee54 100644
--- a/linux-user/user-internals.h
+++ b/linux-user/user-internals.h
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ void stop_all_tasks(void);
 extern const char *qemu_uname_release;
 extern unsigned long mmap_min_addr;
 
+extern bool qemu_dup_for_children;
+extern int qemu_argc;
+extern char **qemu_argv;
+
 typedef struct IOCTLEntry IOCTLEntry;
 
 typedef abi_long do_ioctl_fn(const IOCTLEntry *ie, uint8_t *buf_temp,
