diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_linux.go b/src/syscall/exec_linux.go
index d639565b75..f32d682493 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_linux.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_linux.go
@@ -434,11 +434,16 @@ func forkAndExecInChild1(argv0 *byte, argv, envv []*byte, chroot, dir *byte, att
 	// Pass 1: look for fd[i] < i and move those up above len(fd)
 	// so that pass 2 won't stomp on an fd it needs later.
 	if pipe < nextfd {
-		_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(_SYS_dup, uintptr(pipe), uintptr(nextfd), 0)
-		if err1 != 0 {
+		_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(SYS_DUP3, uintptr(pipe), uintptr(nextfd), O_CLOEXEC)
+		if _SYS_dup != SYS_DUP3 && err1 == ENOSYS {
+			_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(_SYS_dup, uintptr(pipe), uintptr(nextfd), 0)
+			if err1 != 0 {
+				goto childerror
+			}
+			RawSyscall(fcntl64Syscall, uintptr(nextfd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
+		} else if err1 != 0 {
 			goto childerror
 		}
-		RawSyscall(fcntl64Syscall, uintptr(nextfd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
 		pipe = nextfd
 		nextfd++
 	}
@@ -447,11 +452,16 @@ func forkAndExecInChild1(argv0 *byte, argv, envv []*byte, chroot, dir *byte, att
 			if nextfd == pipe { // don't stomp on pipe
 				nextfd++
 			}
-			_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(_SYS_dup, uintptr(fd[i]), uintptr(nextfd), 0)
-			if err1 != 0 {
+			_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(SYS_DUP3, uintptr(fd[i]), uintptr(nextfd), O_CLOEXEC)
+			if _SYS_dup != SYS_DUP3 && err1 == ENOSYS {
+				_, _, err1 = RawSyscall(_SYS_dup, uintptr(pipe), uintptr(nextfd), 0)
+				if err1 != 0 {
+					goto childerror
+				}
+				RawSyscall(fcntl64Syscall, uintptr(nextfd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
+			} else if err1 != 0 {
 				goto childerror
 			}
-			RawSyscall(fcntl64Syscall, uintptr(nextfd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
 			fd[i] = nextfd
 			nextfd++
 		}