diff -Naur linux-2.4.18/fs/binfmt_elf.c linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c
--- linux-2.4.18/fs/binfmt_elf.c	Mon Feb 25 14:38:08 2002
+++ linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c	Fri Mar  1 03:16:02 2002
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@
 			// printk(KERN_WARNING "ELF: Ambiguous type, using ELF\n");
 			interpreter_type = INTERPRETER_ELF;
 		}
+	} else {
+		/* Executables without an interpreter also need a personality  */
+		SET_PERSONALITY(elf_ex, ibcs2_interpreter);
 	}
 
 	/* OK, we are done with that, now set up the arg stuff,