diff --git a/backends/i386_initreg.c b/backends/i386_initreg.c
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+/* Fetch live process registers from TID.
+   Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#if (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__) && defined(__linux__)
+# include <sys/types.h>
+# include <sys/user.h>
+# include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#endif
+
+#define BACKEND i386_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+bool
+i386_set_initial_registers_tid (pid_t tid __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			  ebl_tid_registers_t *setfunc __attribute__ ((unused)),
+				void *arg __attribute__ ((unused)))
+{
+#if (!defined __i386__ && !defined __x86_64__) || !defined(__linux__)
+  return false;
+#else /* __i386__ || __x86_64__ */
+  struct user_regs_struct user_regs;
+  if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGS, tid, NULL, &user_regs) != 0)
+    return false;
+  Dwarf_Word dwarf_regs[9];
+# if defined __i386__
+  dwarf_regs[0] = user_regs.eax;
+  dwarf_regs[1] = user_regs.ecx;
+  dwarf_regs[2] = user_regs.edx;
+  dwarf_regs[3] = user_regs.ebx;
+  dwarf_regs[4] = user_regs.esp;
+  dwarf_regs[5] = user_regs.ebp;
+  dwarf_regs[6] = user_regs.esi;
+  dwarf_regs[7] = user_regs.edi;
+  dwarf_regs[8] = user_regs.eip;
+# elif defined __x86_64__
+  dwarf_regs[0] = user_regs.rax;
+  dwarf_regs[1] = user_regs.rcx;
+  dwarf_regs[2] = user_regs.rdx;
+  dwarf_regs[3] = user_regs.rbx;
+  dwarf_regs[4] = user_regs.rsp;
+  dwarf_regs[5] = user_regs.rbp;
+  dwarf_regs[6] = user_regs.rsi;
+  dwarf_regs[7] = user_regs.rdi;
+  dwarf_regs[8] = user_regs.rip;
+# else /* (__i386__ || __x86_64__) && (!__i386__ && !__x86_64__) */
+#  error "source file error, it cannot happen"
+# endif /* (__i386__ || __x86_64__) && (!__i386__ && !__x86_64__) */
+  return setfunc (0, 9, dwarf_regs, arg);
+#endif /* __i386__ || __x86_64__ */
+}