diff --git a/libc/sysv/consts/auxv.h b/libc/sysv/consts/auxv.h
index 208b5851e..5d897de82 100644
--- a/libc/sysv/consts/auxv.h
+++ b/libc/sysv/consts/auxv.h
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 /*
  * integral getauxval() keys
  */
-#define AT_PHDR   3
-#define AT_PHENT  4
-#define AT_PHNUM  5
-#define AT_PAGESZ 6
-#define AT_BASE   7
-#define AT_FLAGS  8
-#define AT_ENTRY  9
+#define AT_PHDR                     3
+#define AT_PHENT                    4
+#define AT_PHNUM                    5
+#define AT_PAGESZ                   6
+#define AT_BASE                     7
+#define AT_FLAGS                    8
+#define AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0_BIT 0
+#define AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0     (1 << AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0_BIT)
+#define AT_ENTRY                    9
 
 COSMOPOLITAN_C_START_
 
diff --git a/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c b/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
index 2665d34eb..0c4b8e830 100644
--- a/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename_test.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "libc/serialize.h"
 #include "libc/stdio/stdio.h"
 #include "libc/str/str.h"
+#include "libc/sysv/consts/auxv.h"
 #include "libc/sysv/consts/o.h"
 #include "libc/sysv/consts/ok.h"
 #include "libc/testlib/ezbench.h"
@@ -34,32 +35,44 @@
 #include "libc/testlib/testlib.h"
 
 static char *self;
-static bool skiptests;
+static bool skiptests, skiparg0;
 
 void SetUpOnce(void) {
-  self = GetProgramExecutableName();
   testlib_enable_tmp_setup_teardown();
-  if (IsMetal()) {
-    skiptests = true;
-  } else if (IsOpenbsd() || (IsXnu() && !IsXnuSilicon())) {
-    ASSERT_STRNE(self, "");
-    ASSERT_SYS(0, 3, open(self, O_RDONLY));
-    char buf[8];
-    ASSERT_SYS(0, 8, pread(3, buf, 8, 0));
-    ASSERT_SYS(0, 0, close(3));
-    if (READ64LE(buf) != READ64LE("MZqFpD='") &&
-        READ64LE(buf) != READ64LE("jartsr='") &&
-        READ64LE(buf) != READ64LE("APEDBG='")) {
-      fprintf(stderr,
-              "we appear to be running as an assimilated binary on OpenBSD or "
-              "x86_64 XNU;\nGetProgramExecutableName is unreliable here\n");
-      skiptests = true;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 __attribute__((__constructor__)) static void Child(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  if (argc >= 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "Child")) {
+  if (argc < 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "Child")) {
+    bool loaded = !!__program_executable_name;
+    self = GetProgramExecutableName();
+    if (IsMetal()) {
+      skiptests = true;
+    } else if (IsWindows()) {
+      /* do all tests */
+    } else if (!loaded) {
+      ASSERT_STRNE(self, "");
+      ASSERT_SYS(0, 3, open(self, O_RDONLY));
+      char buf[8];
+      ASSERT_SYS(0, 8, pread(3, buf, 8, 0));
+      ASSERT_SYS(0, 0, close(3));
+      if (READ64LE(buf) != READ64LE("MZqFpD='") &&
+          READ64LE(buf) != READ64LE("jartsr='") &&
+          READ64LE(buf) != READ64LE("APEDBG='")) {
+        // GetProgramExecutableName does not work reliably for assimilated
+        // OpenBSD or XNU binaries.
+        skiptests = IsOpenbsd() || (IsXnu() && !IsXnuSilicon());
+      }
+    } else {
+      skiparg0 =
+          !(IsXnuSilicon() || (getauxval(AT_FLAGS) & AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0));
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr, loaded ? "loaded\n" : "not loaded\n");
+    if (skiptests) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "skipping most GetProgramExecutableName tests\n");
+    } else if (skiparg0) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "skipping argv[0] tests\n");
+    }
+  } else {
     int rc;
     if (!IsWindows()) {
       rc = sys_chdir("/");
@@ -72,14 +85,10 @@ __attribute__((__constructor__)) static void Child(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (strcmp(argv[2], GetProgramExecutableName())) {
       exit(123);
     }
-    if (!IsXnuSilicon()) exit(0);
-    /* TODO(mrdomino): argv[0] tests only pass on XnuSilicon right now because
-                       __sys_execve fails there, so the ape loader is used.
-                       the correct check is "we have been invoked either as an
-                       assimilated binary or via the ape loader, and not via a
-                       raw __sys_execve." */
-    if (strcmp(argv[3], argv[0])) {
-      exit(124);
+    if (argc >= 4) {
+      if (strcmp(argv[3], argv[0])) {
+        exit(124);
+      }
     }
     exit(0);
   }
@@ -98,7 +107,8 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, ofThisFile) {
 TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, nullEnv) {
   if (skiptests) return;
   SPAWN(fork);
-  execve(self, (char *[]){self, "Child", self, self, 0}, (char *[]){0});
+  execve(self, (char *[]){self, "Child", self, skiparg0 ? 0 : self, 0},
+         (char *[]){0});
   abort();
   EXITS(0);
 }
@@ -106,7 +116,8 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, nullEnv) {
 TEST(GetProramExecutableName, weirdArgv0NullEnv) {
   if (skiptests) return;
   SPAWN(fork);
-  execve(self, (char *[]){"hello", "Child", self, "hello", 0}, (char *[]){0});
+  execve(self, (char *[]){"hello", "Child", self, skiparg0 ? 0 : "hello", 0},
+         (char *[]){0});
   abort();
   EXITS(0);
 }
@@ -133,11 +144,12 @@ TEST(GetProgramExecutableName, movedSelf) {
   ASSERT_NE(NULL, getcwd(buf, BUFSIZ - 5));
   stpcpy(buf + strlen(buf), "/test");
   SPAWN(fork);
-  execve(buf, (char *[]){"hello", "Child", buf, "hello", 0}, (char *[]){0});
+  execve(buf, (char *[]){"hello", "Child", buf, skiparg0 ? 0 : "hello", 0},
+         (char *[]){0});
   abort();
   EXITS(0);
   SPAWN(fork);
-  execve("./test", (char *[]){"hello", "Child", buf, "hello", 0},
+  execve("./test", (char *[]){"hello", "Child", buf, skiparg0 ? 0 : "hello", 0},
          (char *[]){0});
   abort();
   EXITS(0);