diff --git a/src/setproctitle.c b/src/setproctitle.c
index 60b6484..9e4fab8 100644
--- a/src/setproctitle.c
+++ b/src/setproctitle.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ spt_copyargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __attribute__((constructor))
+static void
 spt_init(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 {
 	char *base, *end, *nul, *tmp;
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ spt_init(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 	SPT.end  = end;
 }
 
+/* Force spt_init function into the .init_array section instead of expecting
+ * the linker to move it from .ctors to .init_array. */
+void (*spt_init_func)(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
+	__attribute__((section (".init_array"))) = spt_init;
+
 #ifndef SPT_MAXTITLE
 #define SPT_MAXTITLE 255
 #endif