diff --git a/nptl/allocatestack.c b/nptl/allocatestack.c
index f9e053f9e5..90fa3ed000 100644
--- a/nptl/allocatestack.c
+++ b/nptl/allocatestack.c
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ allocate_stack (const struct pthread_attr *attr, struct pthread **pdp,
     {
       /* Allocate some anonymous memory.  If possible use the cache.  */
       size_t guardsize;
+      size_t reported_guardsize;
       size_t reqsize;
       void *mem;
       const int prot = (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE
@@ -530,8 +531,17 @@ allocate_stack (const struct pthread_attr *attr, struct pthread **pdp,
       assert (size != 0);
 
       /* Make sure the size of the stack is enough for the guard and
-	 eventually the thread descriptor.  */
+	 eventually the thread descriptor.  On some targets there is
+	 a minimum guard size requirement, ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE, so
+	 internally enforce it (unless the guard was disabled), but
+	 report the original guard size for backward compatibility:
+	 before POSIX 2008 the guardsize was specified to be one page
+	 by default which is observable via pthread_attr_getguardsize
+	 and pthread_getattr_np.  */
       guardsize = (attr->guardsize + pagesize_m1) & ~pagesize_m1;
+      reported_guardsize = guardsize;
+      if (guardsize > 0 && guardsize < ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE)
+	guardsize = ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE;
       if (guardsize < attr->guardsize || size + guardsize < guardsize)
 	/* Arithmetic overflow.  */
 	return EINVAL;
@@ -737,7 +747,7 @@ allocate_stack (const struct pthread_attr *attr, struct pthread **pdp,
       /* The pthread_getattr_np() calls need to get passed the size
 	 requested in the attribute, regardless of how large the
 	 actually used guardsize is.  */
-      pd->reported_guardsize = guardsize;
+      pd->reported_guardsize = reported_guardsize;
     }
 
   /* Initialize the lock.  We have to do this unconditionally since the
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/aarch64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 32f729ada1..da2c5de317 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE (64 * 1024)
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN 16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/alpha/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index f505583600..c0ad663f1c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/alpha/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  The ABI requires 16.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/arm/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/arm/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index f8d821d6f2..22d128d75f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/arm/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/arm/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  SSE requires 16
    bytes.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
diff --git a/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index cdb55687f5..251513f60a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(8 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		64
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/i386/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index deacd92edf..51e098dbcd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  SSE requires 16
    bytes.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 09f9acf25c..2c5a2da373 100644
--- a/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(32 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* IA-64 uses a normal stack and a register stack.  */
 #define NEED_SEPARATE_REGISTER_STACK
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/m68k/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/m68k/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 68fc37a394..84092356e4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/m68k/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/m68k/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 12fac81398..377f751b5e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE  (2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN         16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/mips/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 7b1283ae64..936e517593 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index b70d1d17b3..34862beebf 100644
--- a/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/nios2/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		4
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 83416849ee..e7f0617d51 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  The ABI requires 16
    bytes (for both 32-bit and 64-bit PowerPC).  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 442422aefb..3891b26a36 100644
--- a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/s390/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 410ae7b896..7aa0fc7617 100644
--- a/sysdeps/s390/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  SSE requires 16
    bytes.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
diff --git a/sysdeps/sh/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/sh/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 97c7e07100..8a295a991c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sh/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/sh/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		8
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pthreaddef.h
index 57fe5fd514..798c8837ea 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pthreaddef.h
index 62e2290b23..b9f738f6a9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pthreaddef.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(4 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/nptl/pthreaddef.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
index 036deb5772..0188113fb7 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/nptl/pthreaddef.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 /* Default stack size.  */
 #define ARCH_STACK_DEFAULT_SIZE	(2 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* Minimum guard size.  */
+#define ARCH_MIN_GUARD_SIZE 0
+
 /* Required stack pointer alignment at beginning.  SSE requires 16
    bytes.  */
 #define STACK_ALIGN		16
