diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 2bf9e7e..e100025 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -4600,6 +4600,52 @@
     return osversion;
 }
 
+static int do_open(void *cpu_env, const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode)
+{
+    struct fake_open {
+        const char *filename;
+        int (*fill)(void *cpu_env, int fd);
+    };
+    const struct fake_open *fake_open;
+    static const struct fake_open fakes[] = {
+        { NULL, NULL }
+    };
+
+    for (fake_open = fakes; fake_open->filename; fake_open++) {
+        if (!strncmp(pathname, fake_open->filename,
+                     strlen(fake_open->filename))) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (fake_open->filename) {
+        const char *tmpdir;
+        char filename[PATH_MAX];
+        int fd, r;
+
+        /* create temporary file to map stat to */
+        tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
+        if (!tmpdir)
+            tmpdir = "/tmp";
+        snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/qemu-open.XXXXXX", tmpdir);
+        fd = mkstemp(filename);
+        if (fd < 0) {
+            return fd;
+        }
+        unlink(filename);
+
+        if ((r = fake_open->fill(cpu_env, fd))) {
+            close(fd);
+            return r;
+        }
+        lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+        return fd;
+    }
+
+    return get_errno(open(path(pathname), flags, mode));
+}
+
 /* do_syscall() should always have a single exit point at the end so
    that actions, such as logging of syscall results, can be performed.
    All errnos that do_syscall() returns must be -TARGET_<errcode>. */
@@ -4685,9 +4731,9 @@
     case TARGET_NR_open:
         if (!(p = lock_user_string(arg1)))
             goto efault;
-        ret = get_errno(open(path(p),
-                             target_to_host_bitmask(arg2, fcntl_flags_tbl),
-                             arg3));
+        ret = get_errno(do_open(cpu_env, p,
+                                target_to_host_bitmask(arg2, fcntl_flags_tbl),
+                                arg3));
         unlock_user(p, arg1, 0);
         break;
 #if defined(TARGET_NR_openat) && defined(__NR_openat)