diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/asm_arm.s b/src/pkg/runtime/asm_arm.s
index 1ba3500496..1d98a6841e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/asm_arm.s
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/asm_arm.s
@@ -375,16 +375,6 @@ TEXT runtime·getcallersp(SB),7,$-4
 TEXT runtime·emptyfunc(SB),0,$0
 	RET
 
-// int64 runtime·cputicks(), so really
-// void runtime·cputicks(int64 *ticks)
-// stubbed: return int64(0)
-TEXT runtime·cputicks(SB),7,$0
-	MOVW    0(FP), R1
-	MOVW	$0, R0
-	MOVW    R0, 0(R1)
-	MOVW    R0, 4(R1)
-	RET
-
 TEXT runtime·abort(SB),7,$-4
 	MOVW	$0, R0
 	MOVW	(R0), R1
diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/rt0_linux_arm.s b/src/pkg/runtime/rt0_linux_arm.s
index 54ea860dc1..a648160cf7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/rt0_linux_arm.s
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/rt0_linux_arm.s
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ TEXT _rt0_arm_linux(SB),7,$-4
 	MOVW	$174, R7 // sys_sigaction
 	SWI	$0 // restore signal handler
 	ADD	$32, R13
+
+	SUB	$4, R13 // fake a stack frame for runtime·setup_auxv
+	BL	runtime·setup_auxv(SB)
+	ADD	$4, R13
 	B	_rt0_arm(SB)
 
 TEXT bad_abi<>(SB),7,$-4
diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/signal_linux_arm.c b/src/pkg/runtime/signal_linux_arm.c
index d1da4b0ea2..d20af688bd 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/signal_linux_arm.c
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/signal_linux_arm.c
@@ -141,3 +141,60 @@ runtime·setsig(int32 i, void (*fn)(int32, Siginfo*, void*, G*), bool restart)
 	sa.sa_handler = fn;
 	runtime·rt_sigaction(i, &sa, nil, 8);
 }
+
+#define AT_NULL		0
+#define AT_PLATFORM	15 // introduced in at least 2.6.11
+#define AT_HWCAP	16 // introduced in at least 2.6.11
+#define AT_RANDOM	25 // introduced in 2.6.29
+static uint32 runtime·randomNumber;
+uint32 runtime·hwcap;
+uint8 runtime·armArch = 6; // we default to ARMv6
+
+#pragma textflag 7
+void
+runtime·setup_auxv(int32 argc, void *argv_list)
+{
+	byte **argv = &argv_list;
+	byte **envp;
+	uint32 *auxv;
+	uint32 t;
+
+	// skip envp to get to ELF auxiliary vector.
+	for(envp = &argv[argc+1]; *envp != nil; envp++)
+		;
+	envp++;
+	
+	for(auxv=(uint32*)envp; auxv[0] != AT_NULL; auxv += 2) {
+		switch(auxv[0]) {
+		case AT_RANDOM: // kernel provided 16-byte worth of random data
+			if(auxv[1])
+				runtime·randomNumber = *(uint32*)(auxv[1] + 4);
+			break;
+		case AT_PLATFORM: // v5l, v6l, v7l
+			if(auxv[1]) {
+				t = *(uint8*)(auxv[1]+1);
+				if(t >= '5' && t <= '7')
+					runtime·armArch = t - '0';
+			}
+			break;
+		case AT_HWCAP: // CPU capability bit flags
+			runtime·hwcap = auxv[1];
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#pragma textflag 7
+int64
+runtime·cputicks() {
+	// copied from runtime.c:/^fastrand1
+	uint32 x;
+
+	x = runtime·randomNumber;
+	x += x;
+	if(x & 0x80000000L)
+		x ^= 0x88888eefUL;
+	runtime·randomNumber = x;
+
+	return ((int64)x) << 32 | x;
+}