diff --git a/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h b/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h
index 4c9d874a..8fe35424 100644
--- a/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h
+++ b/arch/i386/syscall_arch.h
@@ -3,52 +3,63 @@
 ((union { long long ll; long l[2]; }){ .ll = x }).l[1]
 #define __SYSCALL_LL_O(x) __SYSCALL_LL_E((x))
 
+#if SYSCALL_NO_TLS
+#define SYSCALL_INSNS "int $128"
+#else
+#define SYSCALL_INSNS "call *%%gs:16"
+#endif
+
+#define SYSCALL_INSNS_12 "xchg %%ebx,%%edx ; " SYSCALL_INSNS " ; xchg %%ebx,%%edx"
+#define SYSCALL_INSNS_34 "xchg %%ebx,%%edi ; " SYSCALL_INSNS " ; xchg %%ebx,%%edi"
+
 static inline long __syscall0(long n)
 {
 	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (".hidden __vsyscall ; call __vsyscall" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n) : "memory");
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (SYSCALL_INSNS : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
 static inline long __syscall1(long n, long a1)
 {
 	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (".hidden __vsyscall ; call __vsyscall" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1) : "memory");
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (SYSCALL_INSNS_12 : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
 static inline long __syscall2(long n, long a1, long a2)
 {
 	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (".hidden __vsyscall ; call __vsyscall" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1), "c"(a2) : "memory");
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (SYSCALL_INSNS_12 : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1), "c"(a2) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
 static inline long __syscall3(long n, long a1, long a2, long a3)
 {
 	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (".hidden __vsyscall ; call __vsyscall" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1), "c"(a2), "D"(a3) : "memory");
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (SYSCALL_INSNS_34 : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "D"(a1), "c"(a2), "d"(a3) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
 static inline long __syscall4(long n, long a1, long a2, long a3, long a4)
 {
 	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (".hidden __vsyscall ; call __vsyscall" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1), "c"(a2), "D"(a3), "S"(a4) : "memory");
+	__asm__ __volatile__ (SYSCALL_INSNS_34 : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "D"(a1), "c"(a2), "d"(a3), "S"(a4) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
 static inline long __syscall5(long n, long a1, long a2, long a3, long a4, long a5)
 {
-	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("push %6 ; .hidden __vsyscall ; call __vsyscall ; add $4,%%esp" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1), "c"(a2), "D"(a3), "S"(a4), "g"(a5) : "memory");
+	unsigned long __ret, __tmp;
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mov %%ebx,%1 ; mov %3,%%ebx ; " SYSCALL_INSNS " ; mov %1,%%ebx"
+		: "=a"(__ret), "=m"(__tmp) : "a"(n), "g"(a1), "c"(a2), "d"(a3), "S"(a4), "D"(a5) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
 static inline long __syscall6(long n, long a1, long a2, long a3, long a4, long a5, long a6)
 {
-	unsigned long __ret;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("push %6 ; .hidden __vsyscall6 ; call __vsyscall6 ; add $4,%%esp" : "=a"(__ret) : "a"(n), "d"(a1), "c"(a2), "D"(a3), "S"(a4), "g"(0+(long[]){a5, a6}) : "memory");
+	unsigned long __ret, __tmp1, __tmp2;
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("mov %%ebx,%1 ; mov %%ebp,%2 ; mov %4,%%ebx ; mov %9,%%ebp ; " SYSCALL_INSNS " ; mov %2,%%ebp ; mov %1,%%ebx"
+		: "=a"(__ret), "=m"(__tmp1), "=m"(__tmp2) : "a"(n), "g"(a1), "c"(a2), "d"(a3), "S"(a4), "D"(a5), "g"(a6) : "memory");
 	return __ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/ldso/dynlink.c b/ldso/dynlink.c
index 7cb66db9..42a5470d 100644
--- a/ldso/dynlink.c
+++ b/ldso/dynlink.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define SYSCALL_NO_TLS 1
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -1685,6 +1686,8 @@ _Noreturn void __dls3(size_t *sp)
 	libc.auxv = auxv = (void *)(argv+i+1);
 	decode_vec(auxv, aux, AUX_CNT);
 	__hwcap = aux[AT_HWCAP];
+	search_vec(auxv, &__sysinfo, AT_SYSINFO);
+	__pthread_self()->sysinfo = __sysinfo;
 	libc.page_size = aux[AT_PAGESZ];
 	libc.secure = ((aux[0]&0x7800)!=0x7800 || aux[AT_UID]!=aux[AT_EUID]
 		|| aux[AT_GID]!=aux[AT_EGID] || aux[AT_SECURE]);
diff --git a/src/env/__init_tls.c b/src/env/__init_tls.c
index f1874f2a..5f12500c 100644
--- a/src/env/__init_tls.c
+++ b/src/env/__init_tls.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#define SYSCALL_NO_TLS 1
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ int __init_tp(void *p)
 	td->tid = __syscall(SYS_set_tid_address, &__thread_list_lock);
 	td->locale = &libc.global_locale;
 	td->robust_list.head = &td->robust_list.head;
+	td->sysinfo = __sysinfo;
 	td->next = td->prev = td;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/env/__libc_start_main.c b/src/env/__libc_start_main.c
index 7c95f822..8fbe5262 100644
--- a/src/env/__libc_start_main.c
+++ b/src/env/__libc_start_main.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void __init_libc(char **envp, char *pn)
 	libc.auxv = auxv = (void *)(envp+i+1);
 	for (i=0; auxv[i]; i+=2) if (auxv[i]<AUX_CNT) aux[auxv[i]] = auxv[i+1];
 	__hwcap = aux[AT_HWCAP];
-	__sysinfo = aux[AT_SYSINFO];
+	if (aux[AT_SYSINFO]) __sysinfo = aux[AT_SYSINFO];
 	libc.page_size = aux[AT_PAGESZ];
 
 	if (!pn) pn = (void*)aux[AT_EXECFN];
diff --git a/src/internal/defsysinfo.c b/src/internal/defsysinfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d4117db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/defsysinfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "libc.h"
+
+size_t __sysinfo;
diff --git a/src/internal/i386/defsysinfo.s b/src/internal/i386/defsysinfo.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1b5b0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/i386/defsysinfo.s
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+1:	int $128
+	ret
+
+.data
+.align 4
+.hidden __sysinfo
+.global __sysinfo
+__sysinfo:
+	.long 1b
diff --git a/src/internal/i386/syscall.s b/src/internal/i386/syscall.s
index 0ebf2218..004ddfef 100644
--- a/src/internal/i386/syscall.s
+++ b/src/internal/i386/syscall.s
@@ -1,78 +1,21 @@
-.hidden __sysinfo
-
-# The calling convention for __vsyscall has the syscall number
-# and 5 args arriving as:  eax, edx, ecx, edi, esi, 4(%esp).
-# This ensures that the inline asm in the C code never has to touch
-# ebx or ebp (which are unavailable in PIC and frame-pointer-using
-# code, respectively), and optimizes for size/simplicity in the caller.
-
-.global __vsyscall
-.hidden __vsyscall
-.type __vsyscall,@function
-__vsyscall:
-	push %edi
-	push %ebx
-	mov %edx,%ebx
-	mov %edi,%edx
-	mov 12(%esp),%edi
-	push %eax
-	call 1f
-2:	mov %ebx,%edx
-	pop %ebx
-	pop %ebx
-	pop %edi
-	ret
-
-1:	mov (%esp),%eax
-	add $[__sysinfo-2b],%eax
-	mov (%eax),%eax
-	test %eax,%eax
-	jz 1f
-	push %eax
-	mov 8(%esp),%eax
-	ret                     # tail call to kernel vsyscall entry
-1:	mov 4(%esp),%eax
-	int $128
-	ret
-
-# The __vsyscall6 entry point is used only for 6-argument syscalls.
-# Instead of passing the 5th argument on the stack, a pointer to the
-# 5th and 6th arguments is passed. This is ugly, but there are no
-# register constraints the inline asm could use that would make it
-# possible to pass two arguments on the stack.
-
-.global __vsyscall6
-.hidden __vsyscall6
-.type __vsyscall6,@function
-__vsyscall6:
-	push %ebp
-	push %eax
-	mov 12(%esp), %ebp
-	mov (%ebp), %eax
-	mov 4(%ebp), %ebp
-	push %eax
-	mov 4(%esp),%eax
-	call __vsyscall
-	pop %ebp
-	pop %ebp
-	pop %ebp
-	ret
-
 .global __syscall
 .hidden __syscall
 .type __syscall,@function
 __syscall:
-	lea 24(%esp),%eax
+	push %ebx
 	push %esi
 	push %edi
-	push %eax
-	mov 16(%esp),%eax
-	mov 20(%esp),%edx
-	mov 24(%esp),%ecx
-	mov 28(%esp),%edi
-	mov 32(%esp),%esi
-	call __vsyscall6
-	pop %edi
+	push %ebp
+	mov 20(%esp),%eax
+	mov 24(%esp),%ebx
+	mov 28(%esp),%ecx
+	mov 32(%esp),%edx
+	mov 36(%esp),%esi
+	mov 40(%esp),%edi
+	mov 44(%esp),%ebp
+	call *%gs:16
+	pop %ebp
 	pop %edi
 	pop %esi
+	pop %ebx
 	ret
diff --git a/src/internal/libc.c b/src/internal/libc.c
index 2e10942d..cb051810 100644
--- a/src/internal/libc.c
+++ b/src/internal/libc.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 struct __libc __libc;
 
 size_t __hwcap;
-size_t __sysinfo;
 char *__progname=0, *__progname_full=0;
 
 weak_alias(__progname, program_invocation_short_name);
diff --git a/src/thread/pthread_create.c b/src/thread/pthread_create.c
index 7d4dc2ed..ebf61ded 100644
--- a/src/thread/pthread_create.c
+++ b/src/thread/pthread_create.c
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ int __pthread_create(pthread_t *restrict res, const pthread_attr_t *restrict att
 	}
 	new->robust_list.head = &new->robust_list.head;
 	new->CANARY = self->CANARY;
+	new->sysinfo = self->sysinfo;
 
 	/* Setup argument structure for the new thread on its stack.
 	 * It's safe to access from the caller only until the thread