diff --git a/executer/include/uprotocol.h b/executer/include/uprotocol.h
index bcb2681f..88a19316 100644
--- a/executer/include/uprotocol.h
+++ b/executer/include/uprotocol.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct program_load_desc {
 	int cpu;
 	int pid;
 	int err;
+	int stack_prot;
 	unsigned long entry;
 	unsigned long user_start;
 	unsigned long user_end;
diff --git a/executer/user/mcexec.c b/executer/user/mcexec.c
index 1d809cff..c9d64a3a 100644
--- a/executer/user/mcexec.c
+++ b/executer/user/mcexec.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ struct program_load_desc *load_elf(FILE *fp, char **interp_pathp)
 	fseek(fp, hdr.e_phoff, SEEK_SET);
 	j = 0;
 	desc->num_sections = nhdrs;
+	desc->stack_prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC;	/* default */
 	for (i = 0; i < hdr.e_phnum; i++) {
 		if (fread(&phdr, sizeof(phdr), 1, fp) < 1) {
 			__eprintf("Loading phdr failed (%d)\n", i);
@@ -205,6 +206,12 @@ struct program_load_desc *load_elf(FILE *fp, char **interp_pathp)
 				load_addr = phdr.p_vaddr - phdr.p_offset;
 			}
 		}
+		if (phdr.p_type == PT_GNU_STACK) {
+			desc->stack_prot = PROT_NONE;
+			desc->stack_prot |= (phdr.p_flags & PF_R)? PROT_READ: 0;
+			desc->stack_prot |= (phdr.p_flags & PF_W)? PROT_WRITE: 0;
+			desc->stack_prot |= (phdr.p_flags & PF_X)? PROT_EXEC: 0;
+		}
 	}
 	desc->pid = getpid();
 	desc->entry = hdr.e_entry;
diff --git a/kernel/include/syscall.h b/kernel/include/syscall.h
index bb945e1c..1eea16fb 100644
--- a/kernel/include/syscall.h
+++ b/kernel/include/syscall.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct program_load_desc {
 	int cpu;
 	int pid;
 	int err;
+	int stack_prot;
 	unsigned long entry;
 	unsigned long user_start;
 	unsigned long user_end;
diff --git a/kernel/process.c b/kernel/process.c
index d0b194d0..60cfa649 100644
--- a/kernel/process.c
+++ b/kernel/process.c
@@ -1333,8 +1333,8 @@ int init_process_stack(struct process *process, struct program_load_desc *pn,
 	start = end - size;
 
 	vrflag = VR_STACK | VR_DEMAND_PAGING;
-	vrflag |= VR_PROT_READ | VR_PROT_WRITE | VR_PROT_EXEC;
-	vrflag |= VRFLAG_PROT_TO_MAXPROT(vrflag);
+	vrflag |= PROT_TO_VR_FLAG(pn->stack_prot);
+	vrflag |= VR_MAXPROT_READ | VR_MAXPROT_WRITE | VR_MAXPROT_EXEC;
 #define	NOPHYS	((uintptr_t)-1)
 	if ((rc = add_process_memory_range(process, start, end, NOPHYS,
 					vrflag, NULL, 0)) != 0) {