diff --git a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
index 83602668..2b7bafc4 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
@@ -4656,7 +4656,13 @@ void PackLinuxElf64::unpack(OutputFile *fo)
             break;
         }
     }
-    if (is_shlib
+    if (0x1000==get_te64(&phdri[0].p_filesz)  // detect C_BASE style
+    &&  0==get_te64(&phdri[1].p_offset)
+    &&  0==get_te64(&phdri[0].p_offset)
+    &&     get_te64(&phdri[1].p_filesz) == get_te64(&phdri[1].p_memsz)) {
+        fi->seek(up4(get_te64(&phdr[1].p_memsz)), SEEK_SET);  // past the loader
+    }
+    else if (is_shlib
     ||  ((unsigned)(get_te64(&ehdri.e_entry) - load_va) + up4(lsize) +
                 ph.getPackHeaderSize() + sizeof(overlay_offset))
             < up4(file_size)) {
@@ -5708,7 +5714,13 @@ void PackLinuxElf32::unpack(OutputFile *fo)
             break;
         }
     }
-    if (is_shlib
+    if (0x1000==get_te32(&phdri[0].p_filesz)  // detect C_BASE style
+    &&  0==get_te32(&phdri[1].p_offset)
+    &&  0==get_te32(&phdri[0].p_offset)
+    &&     get_te32(&phdri[1].p_filesz) == get_te32(&phdri[1].p_memsz)) {
+        fi->seek(up4(get_te32(&phdr[1].p_memsz)), SEEK_SET);  // past the loader
+    }
+    else if (is_shlib
     ||  ((unsigned)(get_te32(&ehdri.e_entry) - load_va) + up4(lsize) +
                 ph.getPackHeaderSize() + sizeof(overlay_offset))
             < up4(file_size)) {