diff --git a/usr/include/arch/i386/klibc/archconfig.h b/usr/include/arch/i386/klibc/archconfig.h
index b409a21..d8db763 100644
--- a/usr/include/arch/i386/klibc/archconfig.h
+++ b/usr/include/arch/i386/klibc/archconfig.h
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@
 /* The i386 <asm/signal.h> is still not clean enough for this... */
 #define _KLIBC_USE_RT_SIG 0
 
+/* We have __libc_arch_init() */
+#define _KLIBC_HAS_ARCHINIT 1
+
 #endif				/* _KLIBC_ARCHCONFIG_H */
diff --git a/usr/include/klibc/sysconfig.h b/usr/include/klibc/sysconfig.h
index 5fa9b60..ab947c0 100644
--- a/usr/include/klibc/sysconfig.h
+++ b/usr/include/klibc/sysconfig.h
@@ -216,4 +216,13 @@
 # define _KLIBC_ARM_USE_BX 0
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * _KLIBC_HAS_ARCHINIT
+ *
+ *	This architecture uses __libc_archinit()
+ */
+#ifndef _KLIBC_HAS_ARCHINIT
+# define _KLIBC_HAS_ARCHINIT 0
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _KLIBC_SYSCONFIG_H */
diff --git a/usr/klibc/arch/i386/Kbuild b/usr/klibc/arch/i386/Kbuild
index edc7b3c..1642374 100644
--- a/usr/klibc/arch/i386/Kbuild
+++ b/usr/klibc/arch/i386/Kbuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # klibc .o files for i386
 #
 
-klib-y := socketcall.o setjmp.o syscall.o varsyscall.o
+klib-y := archinit.o socketcall.o setjmp.o syscall.o varsyscall.o
 klib-y += open.o openat.o vfork.o
 klib-y += libgcc/__ashldi3.o libgcc/__ashrdi3.o libgcc/__lshrdi3.o
 klib-y += libgcc/__muldi3.o  libgcc/__negdi2.o
diff --git a/usr/klibc/arch/i386/archinit.c b/usr/klibc/arch/i386/archinit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..111d130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/klibc/arch/i386/archinit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * arch/i386/archinit.c
+ *
+ * Architecture-specific libc initialization
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <klibc/compiler.h>
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+
+extern void (*__syscall_entry)(int, ...);
+
+void __libc_archinit(void)
+{
+	if (__auxval[AT_SYSINFO])
+		__syscall_entry = (void (*)(int, ...)) __auxval[AT_SYSINFO];
+}
diff --git a/usr/klibc/libc_init.c b/usr/klibc/libc_init.c
index 1c6180b..c54d022 100644
--- a/usr/klibc/libc_init.c
+++ b/usr/klibc/libc_init.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <klibc/compiler.h>
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
+#include <klibc/sysconfig.h>
 #include "atexit.h"
 
 /* This file is included from __static_init.c or __shared_init.c */
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@
 	unsigned long v;
 };
 
-extern void __init_stdio(void);
+extern void __libc_init_stdio(void);
+extern void __libc_archinit(void);
 
 unsigned long __auxval[_AUXVAL_MAX];
 
@@ -90,20 +92,11 @@
 
 	__page_size = page_size = __auxval[AT_PAGESZ];
 
-#ifdef __i386__
-	{
-		extern void (*__syscall_entry)(int, ...);
-		if (__auxval[AT_SYSINFO])
-			__syscall_entry = (void (*)(int, ...))
-				__auxval[AT_SYSINFO];
-	}
-#endif
-
 #if __GNUC__ >= 4
 	/* unsigned int is 32 bits on all our architectures */
 	page_shift = __builtin_clz(page_size) ^ 31;
 #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
-      asm("bsrl %1,%0": "=r"(page_shift):"r"(page_size));
+	asm("bsrl %1,%0" : "=r" (page_shift) : "r" (page_size));
 #else
 	while (page_size > 1) {
 		page_shift++;
@@ -112,7 +105,11 @@
 #endif
 	__page_shift = page_shift;
 
-	__init_stdio();
+#if _KLIBC_HAS_ARCHINIT
+	__libc_archinit();
+#endif
+
+	__libc_init_stdio();
 
 	environ = envp;
 	exit(MAIN(argc, argv, envp));
diff --git a/usr/klibc/stdio/fdopen.c b/usr/klibc/stdio/fdopen.c
index 51285ba..cdc35cc 100644
--- a/usr/klibc/stdio/fdopen.c
+++ b/usr/klibc/stdio/fdopen.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void __init_stdio(void)
+void __libc_init_stdio(void)
 {
 	stdin  = fdopen(0, NULL);
 	stdout = fdopen(1, NULL);