diff --git a/src/thread.c b/src/thread.c
index 5eb68e33a..eeb0e04f4 100644
--- a/src/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread.c
@@ -189,6 +189,27 @@ static int thread_cpus_enabled()
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* Depending on the platform and how libpthread was built, pthread_exit() may
+ * involve some code in libgcc_s that would be loaded on exit for the first
+ * time, causing aborts if the process is chrooted. It's harmless bit very
+ * dirty. There isn't much we can do to make sure libgcc_s is loaded only if
+ * needed, so what we do here is that during early boot we create a dummy
+ * thread that immediately exits. This will lead to libgcc_s being loaded
+ * during boot on the platforms where it's required.
+ */
+static void *dummy_thread_function(void *data)
+{
+	pthread_exit(NULL);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void preload_libgcc_s(void)
+{
+	pthread_t dummy_thread;
+	pthread_create(&dummy_thread, NULL, dummy_thread_function, NULL);
+	pthread_join(dummy_thread, NULL);
+}
+
 __attribute__((constructor))
 static void __thread_init(void)
 {
@@ -201,17 +222,7 @@ static void __thread_init(void)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3) && defined(__GNU_LIBRARY__) && !defined(__clang__)
-	/* make sure libgcc_s is already loaded, because pthread_exit() may
-	 * may need it on exit after the chroot! _Unwind_Find_FDE() is defined
-	 * there since gcc 3.0, has no side effect, doesn't take any argument
-	 * and seems to be present on all supported platforms.
-	 */
-	{
-		extern void _Unwind_Find_FDE(void);
-		_Unwind_Find_FDE();
-	}
-#endif
+	preload_libgcc_s();
 
 	thread_cpus_enabled_at_boot = thread_cpus_enabled();