diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/ptracepreload.c b/src/plugins/debugger/ptracepreload.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43f77ddb154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/ptracepreload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+int _init(void)
+{
+    prctl(0x59616d61, getppid(), 0, 0, 0);
+    puts("eeks\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/ptracepreload.pro b/src/plugins/debugger/ptracepreload.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c305f22cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/ptracepreload.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+include(../../qtcreatorlibrary.pri)
+
+TEMPLATE = lib
+TARGET = ptracepreload
+CONFIG += shared
+CONFIG -= qt
+DESTDIR = $$IDE_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+QMAKE_LFLAGS *= -nostdlib -ldl -lc
+
+SOURCES = ptracepreload.c
+
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.pro b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
index 5c8fb87cc8f..10de206a596 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ SUBDIRS   = plugin_coreplugin \
             plugin_macros \
             debugger/dumper.pro
 
+linux-* {
+     SUBDIRS += debugger/ptracepreload.pro
+}
+
 include(../../qtcreator.pri)
 
 contains(QT_CONFIG, declarative) {