diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 622d8d373a0..4b26aefb524 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -3367,7 +3367,7 @@ rtld_dlopen(const char *name, int fd, int mode)
     if (mode & RTLD_NOLOAD)
 	    lo_flags |= RTLD_LO_NOLOAD;
     if (ld_tracing != NULL)
-	    lo_flags |= RTLD_LO_TRACE;
+	    lo_flags |= RTLD_LO_TRACE | RTLD_LO_IGNSTLS;
 
     return (dlopen_object(name, fd, obj_main, lo_flags,
       mode & (RTLD_MODEMASK | RTLD_GLOBAL), NULL));
@@ -3418,15 +3418,15 @@ dlopen_object(const char *name, int fd, Obj_Entry *refobj, int lo_flags,
 	    /* We loaded something new. */
 	    assert(globallist_next(old_obj_tail) == obj);
 	    result = 0;
-	    if ((lo_flags & RTLD_LO_EARLY) == 0 && obj->static_tls &&
-	      !allocate_tls_offset(obj)) {
+	    if ((lo_flags & (RTLD_LO_EARLY | RTLD_LO_IGNSTLS)) == 0 &&
+	      obj->static_tls && !allocate_tls_offset(obj)) {
 		_rtld_error("%s: No space available "
 		  "for static Thread Local Storage", obj->path);
 		result = -1;
 	    }
 	    if (result != -1)
 		result = load_needed_objects(obj, lo_flags & (RTLD_LO_DLOPEN |
-		    RTLD_LO_EARLY));
+		    RTLD_LO_EARLY | RTLD_LO_IGNSTLS));
 	    init_dag(obj);
 	    ref_dag(obj);
 	    if (result != -1)
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
index a8f26cea1f9..7812ebb1539 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ TAILQ_HEAD(obj_entry_q, Struct_Obj_Entry);
 #define	RTLD_LO_FILTEES 0x10	/* Loading filtee. */
 #define	RTLD_LO_EARLY	0x20	/* Do not call ctors, postpone it to the
 				   initialization during the image start. */
+#define	RTLD_LO_IGNSTLS 0x40	/* Do not allocate static TLS */
 
 /*
  * Symbol cache entry used during relocation to avoid multiple lookups