diff --git a/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c b/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
index 4c9a7a40b3b..f2c39e12a35 100644
--- a/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ SYSCTL_INT(__CONCAT(_kern_elf, __ELF_WORD_SIZE), OID_AUTO,
     nxstack, CTLFLAG_RW, &__elfN(nxstack), 0,
     __XSTRING(__CONCAT(ELF, __ELF_WORD_SIZE)) ": enable non-executable stack");
 
+#if defined(__amd64__)
+static int __elfN(vdso) = 1;
+SYSCTL_INT(__CONCAT(_kern_elf, __ELF_WORD_SIZE), OID_AUTO,
+    vdso, CTLFLAG_RWTUN, &__elfN(vdso), 0,
+    __XSTRING(__CONCAT(ELF, __ELF_WORD_SIZE)) ": enable vdso preloading");
+#else
+static int __elfN(vdso) = 0;
+#endif
+
 #if __ELF_WORD_SIZE == 32 && (defined(__amd64__) || defined(__i386__))
 int i386_read_exec = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern_elf32, OID_AUTO, read_exec, CTLFLAG_RW, &i386_read_exec, 0,
@@ -1414,7 +1423,7 @@ __elfN(freebsd_copyout_auxargs)(struct image_params *imgp, uintptr_t base)
 	AUXARGS_ENTRY_PTR(pos, AT_PS_STRINGS, imgp->ps_strings);
 	if (imgp->sysent->sv_fxrng_gen_base != 0)
 		AUXARGS_ENTRY(pos, AT_FXRNG, imgp->sysent->sv_fxrng_gen_base);
-	if (imgp->sysent->sv_vdso_base != 0)
+	if (imgp->sysent->sv_vdso_base != 0 && __elfN(vdso) != 0)
 		AUXARGS_ENTRY(pos, AT_KPRELOAD, imgp->sysent->sv_vdso_base);
 	AUXARGS_ENTRY(pos, AT_NULL, 0);