diff --git a/repos/libports/ports/libc.hash b/repos/libports/ports/libc.hash
index b88957fae7..dbf5ca4b26 100644
--- a/repos/libports/ports/libc.hash
+++ b/repos/libports/ports/libc.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-60a83fda51da9b110e8b857e557f737a8310d00c
+9252999ee23cfb811e707887ef05bf1283a41597
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/patches/cdefs_no_hidden.patch b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/patches/cdefs_no_hidden.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67c691f820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/patches/cdefs_no_hidden.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Prevent the use of the hidden attribute for symbols. In particular,
+the attribute must not be applied to '__libc'-prefixed symbols to allow
+overwriting the dummies defined in dummies.cc by other non-weak
+implementations such as those in 'libc_noux.lib.so'.
+
+This attribute is applied inconsistently in
+libc/lib/libc/include/libc_private.h anyway.
+
+Also, force i386 to call __libc_sigprocmask via PLT to prevent
+R_386_PC32 relocations, which had to change the text segment. Other
+architectures do this automatically.
+
+--- src/lib/libc/sys/sys/cdefs.h
++++ src/lib/libc/sys/sys/cdefs.h
+@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
+ #if __GNUC_PREREQ__(4, 0)
+ #define	__null_sentinel	__attribute__((__sentinel__))
+ #define	__exported	__attribute__((__visibility__("default")))
+-#define	__hidden	__attribute__((__visibility__("hidden")))
++#define	__hidden
+ #else
+ #define	__null_sentinel
+ #define	__exported
+--- src/lib/libc/lib/libc/i386/gen/setjmp.S
++++ src/lib/libc/lib/libc/i386/gen/setjmp.S
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
+ 	pushl	%eax			/* (sigset_t*)oset */
+ 	pushl	$0			/* (sigset_t*)set  */
+ 	pushl	$1			/* SIG_BLOCK       */
+-	call	__libc_sigprocmask
++	call	__i386_libc_sigprocmask
+ 	addl	$12,%esp
+ 	movl	4(%esp),%ecx
+ 	movl	0(%esp),%edx
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ 	leal	28(%edx), %eax
+ 	pushl	%eax			/* (sigset_t*)set  */
+ 	pushl	$3			/* SIG_SETMASK     */
+-	call	__libc_sigprocmask
++	call	__i386_libc_sigprocmask
+ 	addl	$12,%esp
+ 	movl	4(%esp),%edx
+ 	movl	8(%esp),%eax
+--- src/lib/libc/lib/libc/i386/gen/sigsetjmp.S
++++ src/lib/libc/lib/libc/i386/gen/sigsetjmp.S
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
+ 	pushl	%eax			/* (sigset_t*)oset */
+ 	pushl	$0			/* (sigset_t*)set  */
+ 	pushl	$1			/* SIG_BLOCK       */
+-	call	__libc_sigprocmask
++	call	__i386_libc_sigprocmask
+ 	addl	$12,%esp
+ 	movl	4(%esp),%ecx
+ 2:	movl	0(%esp),%edx
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
+ 	leal	28(%edx), %eax
+ 	pushl	%eax			/* (sigset_t*)set  */
+ 	pushl	$3			/* SIG_SETMASK     */
+-	call	__libc_sigprocmask
++	call	__i386_libc_sigprocmask
+ 	addl	$12,%esp
+ 	movl	4(%esp),%edx
+ 2:	movl	8(%esp),%eax
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/signal.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/signal.cc
index 1782bc6198..c8e72f406f 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/signal.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/signal.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ int __libc_sigprocmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *old) {
 	return sigprocmask(how, set, old); }
 
 
+/* wrapper from text-relocated i386-assembler call to PLT call */
+extern "C" int __i386_libc_sigprocmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *old) __attribute__((visibility("hidden")));
+extern "C" int __i386_libc_sigprocmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *old)
+{
+	return __libc_sigprocmask(how, set, old);
+}
+
+
 extern "C" __attribute__((weak))
 pid_t wait4(pid_t, int *, int, struct rusage *)
 {