diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.c b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.c
index 523afcf..de4919d 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.c
@@ -39,11 +39,8 @@
 #include <bionic_tls.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-/* This contains the common C library initialization code.
- * To understand what happens here, you should read the
- * "Initialization and Finalization" section of the file
- * named bionic/linker/README.TXT
- */
+extern void _init(void);
+extern void _fini(void);
 
 static void call_array(void(**list)())
 {
@@ -53,6 +50,15 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void __bionic_do_global_dtors(structors_array_t const * const p)
+{
+    call_array(p->fini_array);
+    //_fini();
+}
+
+extern unsigned __get_sp(void);
+extern pid_t    gettid(void);
+
 char*  __progname;
 char **environ;
 
@@ -63,28 +69,30 @@
 
 int __system_properties_init(void);
 
-/* This function can be run under two different contexts:
- *
- * - for statically linked executables (i.e. those who do
- *   not depend on shared libraries at all), it will be
- *   called from the __libc_init() function defined in
- *   bionic/libc_init_static.c
- *
- * - for dynamic executables, it will be called from the
- *   __libc_init() function defined in bionic/libc_init_dynamic.c
- *
- */
 void __libc_init_common(uintptr_t *elfdata,
                        void (*onexit)(void),
                        int (*slingshot)(int, char**, char**),
                        structors_array_t const * const structors,
                        void (*pre_ctor_hook)())
 {
+    pthread_internal_t thread;
+    pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
+    void *tls_area[BIONIC_TLS_SLOTS];
     int argc;
     char **argv, **envp, **envend;
     struct auxentry *auxentry;
     unsigned int page_size = 0, page_shift = 0;
 
+    /* The main thread's stack has empirically shown to be 84k */
+    unsigned stacktop = (__get_sp() & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1)) + PAGE_SIZE;
+    unsigned stacksize = 128 * 1024; //84 * 1024;
+    unsigned stackbottom = stacktop - stacksize;
+
+    pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr);
+    pthread_attr_setstack(&thread_attr, (void*)stackbottom, stacksize);
+    _init_thread(&thread, gettid(), &thread_attr, (void*)stackbottom);
+    __init_tls(tls_area, &thread);
+
     argc = (int) *elfdata++;
     argv = (char**) elfdata;
     envp = argv+(argc+1);
@@ -98,17 +106,17 @@
 
     if (pre_ctor_hook) pre_ctor_hook();
 
-    if (structors != NULL) {
-        // pre-init array.
-        call_array(structors->preinit_array);
+    // XXX: we should execute the .fini_array upon exit
 
-        // for compatibility with non-eabi binary, call the .ctors section
-        // this is only useful for static non-ARM (e.g. x86) executables.
-        call_array(structors->ctors_array);
+    // pre-init array.
+    // XXX: I'm not sure what's the different with the init array.
+    call_array(structors->preinit_array);
 
-        // call static constructors
-        call_array(structors->init_array);
-    }
+    // for compatibility with non-eabi binary, call the .ctors section
+    call_array(structors->ctors_array);
+
+    // call static constructors
+    call_array(structors->init_array);
 
     exit(slingshot(argc, argv, envp));
 }