diff --git a/libiberty/aclocal.m4 b/libiberty/aclocal.m4
index 0757688d52a4c8c620f4cd79e45608f61122a01d..f327865aaf9be5de7b6634ca8415108c33434b54 100644
--- a/libiberty/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libiberty/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.15.1 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# generated automatically by aclocal 1.16.5 -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
diff --git a/libiberty/config.in b/libiberty/config.in
index f7052b5d9588996db1856acd2ba1d86fa80f97f0..050f6cd196133b464925dd6d0c100a3ce8ea827c 100644
--- a/libiberty/config.in
+++ b/libiberty/config.in
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `pipe2' function. */
 #undef HAVE_PIPE2
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `posix_spawn' function. */
+#undef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `posix_spawnp' function. */
+#undef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWNP
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <process.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_PROCESS_H
 
@@ -249,6 +255,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `spawnvpe' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SPAWNVPE
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <spawn.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SPAWN_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_STDINT_H
 
diff --git a/libiberty/configure b/libiberty/configure
index dd896270dc63bc3a28263f24efbe758cad44259f..dba458f6bc1e0b9b24128789ace92f84e4372d9f 100755
--- a/libiberty/configure
+++ b/libiberty/configure
@@ -5655,7 +5655,7 @@ host_makefile_frag=${frag}
 # It's OK to check for header files.  Although the compiler may not be
 # able to link anything, it had better be able to at least compile
 # something.
-for ac_header in sys/file.h sys/param.h limits.h stdlib.h malloc.h string.h unistd.h strings.h sys/time.h time.h sys/resource.h sys/stat.h sys/mman.h fcntl.h alloca.h sys/pstat.h sys/sysmp.h sys/sysinfo.h machine/hal_sysinfo.h sys/table.h sys/sysctl.h sys/systemcfg.h stdint.h stdio_ext.h process.h sys/prctl.h
+for ac_header in sys/file.h sys/param.h limits.h stdlib.h malloc.h string.h unistd.h strings.h sys/time.h time.h sys/resource.h sys/stat.h sys/mman.h fcntl.h alloca.h sys/pstat.h sys/sysmp.h sys/sysinfo.h machine/hal_sysinfo.h sys/table.h sys/sysctl.h sys/systemcfg.h stdint.h stdio_ext.h process.h sys/prctl.h spawn.h
 do :
   as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_header_preproc "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header"
@@ -6164,7 +6164,8 @@ funcs="$funcs setproctitle"
 vars="sys_errlist sys_nerr sys_siglist"
 
 checkfuncs="__fsetlocking canonicalize_file_name dup3 getrlimit getrusage \
- getsysinfo gettimeofday on_exit pipe2 psignal pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic \
+ getsysinfo gettimeofday on_exit pipe2 posix_spawn posix_spawnp psignal \
+ pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic \
  realpath setrlimit spawnve spawnvpe strerror strsignal sysconf sysctl \
  sysmp table times wait3 wait4"
 
@@ -6187,7 +6188,8 @@ if test "x" = "y"; then
     index insque \
     memchr memcmp memcpy memmem memmove memset mkstemps \
     on_exit \
-    pipe2 psignal pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic putenv \
+    pipe2 posix_spawn posix_spawnp psignal \
+    pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic putenv \
     random realpath rename rindex \
     sbrk setenv setproctitle setrlimit sigsetmask snprintf spawnve spawnvpe \
      stpcpy stpncpy strcasecmp strchr strdup \
diff --git a/libiberty/configure.ac b/libiberty/configure.ac
index 0748c592704abb836d3ad4935a1b853c51425c4f..2488b031bc845362eb35acdc57f20ccd4da1700b 100644
--- a/libiberty/configure.ac
+++ b/libiberty/configure.ac
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ AC_SUBST_FILE(host_makefile_frag)
 # It's OK to check for header files.  Although the compiler may not be
 # able to link anything, it had better be able to at least compile
 # something.
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/file.h sys/param.h limits.h stdlib.h malloc.h string.h unistd.h strings.h sys/time.h time.h sys/resource.h sys/stat.h sys/mman.h fcntl.h alloca.h sys/pstat.h sys/sysmp.h sys/sysinfo.h machine/hal_sysinfo.h sys/table.h sys/sysctl.h sys/systemcfg.h stdint.h stdio_ext.h process.h sys/prctl.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/file.h sys/param.h limits.h stdlib.h malloc.h string.h unistd.h strings.h sys/time.h time.h sys/resource.h sys/stat.h sys/mman.h fcntl.h alloca.h sys/pstat.h sys/sysmp.h sys/sysinfo.h machine/hal_sysinfo.h sys/table.h sys/sysctl.h sys/systemcfg.h stdint.h stdio_ext.h process.h sys/prctl.h spawn.h)
 AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ funcs="$funcs setproctitle"
 vars="sys_errlist sys_nerr sys_siglist"
 
 checkfuncs="__fsetlocking canonicalize_file_name dup3 getrlimit getrusage \
- getsysinfo gettimeofday on_exit pipe2 psignal pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic \
+ getsysinfo gettimeofday on_exit pipe2 posix_spawn posix_spawnp psignal \
+ pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic \
  realpath setrlimit spawnve spawnvpe strerror strsignal sysconf sysctl \
  sysmp table times wait3 wait4"
 
@@ -435,7 +436,8 @@ if test "x" = "y"; then
     index insque \
     memchr memcmp memcpy memmem memmove memset mkstemps \
     on_exit \
-    pipe2 psignal pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic putenv \
+    pipe2 posix_spawn posix_spawnp psignal \
+    pstat_getdynamic pstat_getstatic putenv \
     random realpath rename rindex \
     sbrk setenv setproctitle setrlimit sigsetmask snprintf spawnve spawnvpe \
      stpcpy stpncpy strcasecmp strchr strdup \
diff --git a/libiberty/pex-unix.c b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
index 33b5bce31c26cd81c068e1adb4ce7927725e8979..ee52789d264c71c7b4b38ebc641f351df39e3373 100644
--- a/libiberty/pex-unix.c
+++ b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ extern int errno;
 #ifdef HAVE_PROCESS_H
 #include <process.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SPAWN_H
+#include <spawn.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef vfork /* Autoconf may define this to fork for us. */
 # define VFORK_STRING "fork"
@@ -559,6 +562,171 @@ pex_unix_exec_child (struct pex_obj *obj ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   return (pid_t) -1;
 }
 
+#elif defined(HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN) && defined(HAVE_POSIX_SPAWNP)
+/* Implementation of pex->exec_child using posix_spawn.            */
+
+static pid_t
+pex_unix_exec_child (struct pex_obj *obj ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+		     int flags, const char *executable,
+		     char * const * argv, char * const * env,
+		     int in, int out, int errdes,
+		     int toclose, const char **errmsg, int *err)
+{
+  int ret;
+  pid_t pid = -1;
+  posix_spawnattr_t attr;
+  posix_spawn_file_actions_t actions;
+  int attr_initialized = 0, actions_initialized = 0;
+
+  *err = 0;
+
+  ret = posix_spawnattr_init (&attr);
+  if (ret)
+    {
+      *err = ret;
+      *errmsg = "posix_spawnattr_init";
+      goto exit;
+    }
+  attr_initialized = 1;
+
+  /* Use vfork() on glibc <=2.24. */
+#ifdef POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK
+  ret = posix_spawnattr_setflags (&attr, POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK);
+  if (ret)
+    {
+      *err = ret;
+      *errmsg = "posix_spawnattr_setflags";
+      goto exit;
+    }
+#endif
+
+  ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_init (&actions);
+  if (ret)
+    {
+      *err = ret;
+      *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_init";
+      goto exit;
+    }
+  actions_initialized = 1;
+
+  if (in != STDIN_FILE_NO)
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (&actions, in, STDIN_FILE_NO);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose (&actions, in);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (out != STDOUT_FILE_NO)
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (&actions, out, STDOUT_FILE_NO);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose (&actions, out);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (errdes != STDERR_FILE_NO)
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (&actions, errdes, STDERR_FILE_NO);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose (&actions, errdes);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (toclose >= 0)
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose (&actions, toclose);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if ((flags & PEX_STDERR_TO_STDOUT) != 0)
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (&actions, STDOUT_FILE_NO, STDERR_FILE_NO);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if ((flags & PEX_SEARCH) != 0)
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawnp (&pid, executable, &actions, &attr, argv, env ? env : environ);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawnp";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      ret = posix_spawn (&pid, executable, &actions, &attr, argv, env ? env : environ);
+      if (ret)
+	{
+	  *err = ret;
+	  *errmsg = "posix_spawn";
+	  goto exit;
+	}
+    }
+
+exit:
+  if (actions_initialized)
+    posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy (&actions);
+  if (attr_initialized)
+    posix_spawnattr_destroy (&attr);
+
+  if (!*err && in != STDIN_FILE_NO)
+    if (close (in))
+      *errmsg = "close", *err = errno, pid = -1;
+  if (!*err && out != STDOUT_FILE_NO)
+    if (close (out))
+      *errmsg = "close", *err = errno, pid = -1;
+  if (!*err && errdes != STDERR_FILE_NO)
+    if (close (errdes))
+      *errmsg = "close", *err = errno, pid = -1;
+
+  return pid;
+}
 #else
 /* Implementation of pex->exec_child using standard vfork + exec.  */