diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc b/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc
index a7cbde7..cf32dec 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze.cc
@@ -1586,12 +1586,6 @@ int Main(int argc, const char *const *argv, WorkspaceLayout *workspace_layout,
       new blaze_util::BazelLogHandler());
   blaze_util::SetLogHandler(std::move(default_handler));
 
-  const string self_path = GetSelfPath(argv[0]);
-
-  if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
-    PrintVersionInfo(self_path, option_processor->GetLowercaseProductName());
-    return blaze_exit_code::SUCCESS;
-  }
 
   string cwd = GetCanonicalCwd();
   LoggingInfo logging_info(CheckAndGetBinaryPath(cwd, argv[0]), start_time);
@@ -1622,6 +1616,12 @@ int Main(int argc, const char *const *argv, WorkspaceLayout *workspace_layout,
   ParseOptionsOrDie(cwd, workspace, *option_processor, argc, argv);
   StartupOptions *startup_options = option_processor->GetParsedStartupOptions();
   startup_options->MaybeLogStartupOptionWarnings();
+  const string self_path = GetSelfPath(argv[0], *startup_options);
+
+  if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
+      PrintVersionInfo(self_path, option_processor->GetLowercaseProductName());
+      return blaze_exit_code::SUCCESS;
+  }
 
   SetDebugLog(startup_options->client_debug);
   // If client_debug was false, this is ignored, so it's accurate.
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_bsd.cc b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_bsd.cc
index a9b81df..0aebf8f 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_bsd.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_bsd.cc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 #include "src/main/cpp/blaze_util.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/blaze_util_platform.h"
+#include "src/main/cpp/startup_options.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/errors.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/exit_code.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/file.h"
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ void WarnFilesystemType(const blaze_util::Path &output_base) {
   }
 }
 
-string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0) {
+string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0, const StartupOptions &options) {
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
   char buffer[PATH_MAX] = {};
   auto pid = getpid();
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_darwin.cc b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_darwin.cc
index c2e8e1f..33d1a96 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_darwin.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_darwin.cc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void WarnFilesystemType(const blaze_util::Path &output_base) {
   }
 }
 
-string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0) {
+string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0, const StartupOptions &options) {
   char pathbuf[PROC_PIDPATHINFO_MAXSIZE] = {};
   int len = proc_pidpath(getpid(), pathbuf, sizeof(pathbuf));
   if (len == 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/get_self_path_linux.cc b/src/main/cpp/get_self_path_linux.cc
index 2183d43..3e75ef0 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/get_self_path_linux.cc 2023-09-07 09:45:41.310000000 +0000
+++ b/src/main/cpp/get_self_path_linux.cc 2023-09-07 09:47:28.512000000 +0000
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@

 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>

 #include "src/main/cpp/blaze_util_platform.h"
+#include "src/main/cpp/startup_options.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/errors.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/exit_code.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/logging.h"
@@ -25,7 +27,14 @@ namespace blaze {
 using blaze_util::GetLastErrorString;
 using std::string;

-string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0) {
+string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0, const StartupOptions &options) {
+  // Sometimes /proc/self/exec isn't valid (binfmt_misc + qemu)
+  // so we provide an alternate API. e.g. Linux aarch64 running
+  // bazel-x86_64-linux
+  if (options.linux_bazel_path_from_getauxval) {
+    return reinterpret_cast<const char *>(getauxval(AT_EXECFN));
+  }
+
   char buffer[PATH_MAX] = {};
   ssize_t bytes = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer, sizeof(buffer));
   if (bytes == sizeof(buffer)) {
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_platform.h b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_platform.h
index 42075f1..54afa8e 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_platform.h
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_platform.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "src/main/cpp/blaze_util.h"
+#include "src/main/cpp/startup_options.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/server_process_info.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/path.h"
 #include "src/main/cpp/util/port.h"
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ std::string Which(const std::string& executable);
 
 // Gets an absolute path to the binary being executed that is guaranteed to be
 // readable.
-std::string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0);
+std::string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0, const StartupOptions &options);
 
 // Returns the directory Bazel can use to store output.
 std::string GetOutputRoot();
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_windows.cc b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_windows.cc
index 7cd1881..e84f92c 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_windows.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/blaze_util_windows.cc
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ string GetProcessIdAsString() {
   return blaze_util::ToString(GetCurrentProcessId());
 }
 
-string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0) {
+string GetSelfPath(const char* argv0, const StartupOptions &options) {
   WCHAR buffer[kWindowsPathBufferSize] = {0};
   if (!GetModuleFileNameW(0, buffer, kWindowsPathBufferSize)) {
     BAZEL_DIE(blaze_exit_code::LOCAL_ENVIRONMENTAL_ERROR)
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/startup_options.cc b/src/main/cpp/startup_options.cc
index d1e2f08..5112755 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/startup_options.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/startup_options.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ StartupOptions::StartupOptions(const string &product_name,
       macos_qos_class(QOS_CLASS_UNSPECIFIED),
 #endif
       unlimit_coredumps(false),
-      windows_enable_symlinks(false) {
+      windows_enable_symlinks(false),
+      linux_bazel_path_from_getauxval(false)  {
   if (blaze::IsRunningWithinTest()) {
     output_root = blaze_util::MakeAbsolute(blaze::GetPathEnv("TEST_TMPDIR"));
     max_idle_secs = 15;
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ StartupOptions::StartupOptions(const string &product_name,
   RegisterNullaryStartupFlag("write_command_log", &write_command_log);
   RegisterNullaryStartupFlag("windows_enable_symlinks",
                              &windows_enable_symlinks);
+  RegisterNullaryStartupFlag("linux_bazel_path_from_getauxval", 
+                             &linux_bazel_path_from_getauxval);
   RegisterUnaryStartupFlag("command_port");
   RegisterUnaryStartupFlag("connect_timeout_secs");
   RegisterUnaryStartupFlag("local_startup_timeout_secs");
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/startup_options.h b/src/main/cpp/startup_options.h
index d6c8d02..2c60ffd 100755
--- a/src/main/cpp/startup_options.h
+++ b/src/main/cpp/startup_options.h
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ class StartupOptions {
   // developer mode to be enabled.
   bool windows_enable_symlinks;
 
+  // Accomodate bazel running via Linux's binfmt_misc which
+  // defeats /proc/self/exe path-finding
+  bool linux_bazel_path_from_getauxval;
+
  protected:
   // Constructor for subclasses only so that site-specific extensions of this
   // class can override the product name.  The product_name must be the