diff --git a/support/Makefile b/support/Makefile
index da6dc58d37..3f127b7128 100644
--- a/support/Makefile
+++ b/support/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ libsupport-routines = \
   resolv_response_context_free \
   resolv_test \
   set_fortify_handler \
+  support_stack_alloc \
   support-xfstat \
   support-xstat \
   support_become_root \
diff --git a/support/support.h b/support/support.h
index db264e3db7..368227b594 100644
--- a/support/support.h
+++ b/support/support.h
@@ -152,6 +152,25 @@ extern bool support_select_modifies_timeout (void);
    tv_usec larger than 1000000.  */
 extern bool support_select_normalizes_timeout (void);
 
+struct support_stack
+{
+  void *stack;
+  size_t size;
+  size_t guardsize;
+};
+
+/* Allocate stack suitable to used with xclone or sigaltstack call. The stack
+   will have a minimum size of SIZE + MINSIGSTKSZ bytes, rounded up to a whole
+   number of pages.  There will be a large (at least 1 MiB) inaccessible guard
+   bands on either side of it.
+   The returned value on ALLOC_BASE and ALLOC_SIZE will be the usable stack
+   region, excluding the GUARD_SIZE allocated area.
+   It also terminates the process on error.  */
+struct support_stack support_stack_alloc (size_t size);
+
+/* Deallocate the STACK.  */
+void support_stack_free (struct support_stack *stack);
+
 __END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* SUPPORT_H */
diff --git a/support/support_stack_alloc.c b/support/support_stack_alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08323f43d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_stack_alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Allocate a stack suitable to be used with xclone or xsigaltstack.
+   Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/param.h> /* roundup, MAX  */
+
+#ifndef MAP_NORESERVE
+# define MAP_NORESERVE 0
+#endif
+#ifndef MAP_STACK
+# define MAP_STACK 0
+#endif
+
+struct support_stack
+support_stack_alloc (size_t size)
+{
+  size_t pagesize = sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
+  if (pagesize == -1)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE): %m\n");
+
+  /* Always supply at least MINSIGSTKSZ space; passing 0 as size means
+     only that much space.  No matter what the number is, round it up
+     to a whole number of pages.  */
+  size_t stacksize = roundup (size + MINSIGSTKSZ, pagesize);
+
+  /* The guard bands need to be large enough to intercept offset
+     accesses from a stack address that might otherwise hit another
+     mapping.  Make them at least twice as big as the stack itself, to
+     defend against an offset by the entire size of a large
+     stack-allocated array.  The minimum is 1MiB, which is arbitrarily
+     chosen to be larger than any "typical" wild pointer offset.
+     Again, no matter what the number is, round it up to a whole
+     number of pages.  */
+  size_t guardsize = roundup (MAX (2 * stacksize, 1024 * 1024), pagesize);
+  size_t alloc_size = guardsize + stacksize + guardsize;
+  /* Use MAP_NORESERVE so that RAM will not be wasted on the guard
+     bands; touch all the pages of the actual stack before returning,
+     so we know they are allocated.  */
+  void *alloc_base = xmmap (0,
+                            alloc_size,
+                            PROT_NONE,
+                            MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_STACK,
+                            -1);
+  xmprotect (alloc_base + guardsize, stacksize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
+  memset (alloc_base + guardsize, 0xA5, stacksize);
+  return (struct support_stack) { alloc_base + guardsize,
+                                  stacksize, guardsize };
+}
+
+void
+support_stack_free (struct support_stack *stack)
+{
+  void *alloc_base = (void *)((uintptr_t) stack->stack - stack->guardsize);
+  size_t alloc_size = stack->size + 2 * stack->guardsize;
+  xmunmap (alloc_base, alloc_size);
+}
diff --git a/support/xsigstack.c b/support/xsigstack.c
index a2f0e3269a..a471c853cb 100644
--- a/support/xsigstack.c
+++ b/support/xsigstack.c
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
    structures.  */
 struct sigstack_desc
 {
-  void *alloc_base;  /* Base address of the complete allocation.  */
-  size_t alloc_size; /* Size of the complete allocation.  */
+  struct support_stack stack;
   stack_t alt_stack; /* The address and size of the stack itself.  */
   stack_t old_stack; /* The previous signal stack.  */
 };
@@ -46,43 +45,11 @@ struct sigstack_desc
 void *
 xalloc_sigstack (size_t size)
 {
-  size_t pagesize = sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
-  if (pagesize == -1)
-    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE): %m\n");
-
-  /* Always supply at least MINSIGSTKSZ space; passing 0 as size means
-     only that much space.  No matter what the number is, round it up
-     to a whole number of pages.  */
-  size_t stacksize = roundup (size + MINSIGSTKSZ, pagesize);
-
-  /* The guard bands need to be large enough to intercept offset
-     accesses from a stack address that might otherwise hit another
-     mapping.  Make them at least twice as big as the stack itself, to
-     defend against an offset by the entire size of a large
-     stack-allocated array.  The minimum is 1MiB, which is arbitrarily
-     chosen to be larger than any "typical" wild pointer offset.
-     Again, no matter what the number is, round it up to a whole
-     number of pages.  */
-  size_t guardsize = roundup (MAX (2 * stacksize, 1024 * 1024), pagesize);
-
   struct sigstack_desc *desc = xmalloc (sizeof (struct sigstack_desc));
-  desc->alloc_size = guardsize + stacksize + guardsize;
-  /* Use MAP_NORESERVE so that RAM will not be wasted on the guard
-     bands; touch all the pages of the actual stack before returning,
-     so we know they are allocated.  */
-  desc->alloc_base = xmmap (0,
-                            desc->alloc_size,
-                            PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
-                            MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_STACK,
-                            -1);
-
-  xmprotect (desc->alloc_base, guardsize, PROT_NONE);
-  xmprotect (desc->alloc_base + guardsize + stacksize, guardsize, PROT_NONE);
-  memset (desc->alloc_base + guardsize, 0xA5, stacksize);
-
-  desc->alt_stack.ss_sp    = desc->alloc_base + guardsize;
+  desc->stack = support_stack_alloc (size);
+  desc->alt_stack.ss_sp    = desc->stack.stack;
   desc->alt_stack.ss_flags = 0;
-  desc->alt_stack.ss_size  = stacksize;
+  desc->alt_stack.ss_size  = desc->stack.size;
 
   if (sigaltstack (&desc->alt_stack, &desc->old_stack))
     FAIL_EXIT1 ("sigaltstack (new stack: sp=%p, size=%zu, flags=%u): %m\n",
@@ -101,7 +68,7 @@ xfree_sigstack (void *stack)
     FAIL_EXIT1 ("sigaltstack (restore old stack: sp=%p, size=%zu, flags=%u): "
                 "%m\n", desc->old_stack.ss_sp, desc->old_stack.ss_size,
                 desc->old_stack.ss_flags);
-  xmunmap (desc->alloc_base, desc->alloc_size);
+  support_stack_free (&desc->stack);
   free (desc);
 }
 
