diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index f10cc59e7c..d2f7e99863 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ elide-routines.os = $(all-dl-routines) dl-support enbl-secure dl-origin \
 # ld.so uses those routines, plus some special stuff for being the program
 # interpreter and operating independent of libc.
 rtld-routines	= rtld $(all-dl-routines) dl-sysdep dl-environ dl-minimal \
-  dl-error-minimal dl-conflict dl-hwcaps dl-usage
+  dl-error-minimal dl-conflict dl-hwcaps dl-hwcaps_split dl-hwcaps-subdirs \
+  dl-usage
 all-rtld-routines = $(rtld-routines) $(sysdep-rtld-routines)
 
 CFLAGS-dl-runtime.c += -fexceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
@@ -210,14 +211,14 @@ tests += restest1 preloadtest loadfail multiload origtest resolvfail \
 	 tst-filterobj tst-filterobj-dlopen tst-auxobj tst-auxobj-dlopen \
 	 tst-audit14 tst-audit15 tst-audit16 \
 	 tst-single_threaded tst-single_threaded-pthread \
-	 tst-tls-ie tst-tls-ie-dlmopen \
-	 argv0test
+	 tst-tls-ie tst-tls-ie-dlmopen argv0test \
+	 tst-glibc-hwcaps tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask
 #	 reldep9
 tests-internal += loadtest unload unload2 circleload1 \
 	 neededtest neededtest2 neededtest3 neededtest4 \
 	 tst-tls3 tst-tls6 tst-tls7 tst-tls8 tst-dlmopen2 \
 	 tst-ptrguard1 tst-stackguard1 tst-libc_dlvsym \
-	 tst-create_format1 tst-tls-surplus
+	 tst-create_format1 tst-tls-surplus tst-dl-hwcaps_split
 tests-container += tst-pldd tst-dlopen-tlsmodid-container \
   tst-dlopen-self-container
 test-srcs = tst-pathopt
@@ -329,7 +330,10 @@ modules-names = testobj1 testobj2 testobj3 testobj4 testobj5 testobj6 \
 		tst-single_threaded-mod3 tst-single_threaded-mod4 \
 		tst-tls-ie-mod0 tst-tls-ie-mod1 tst-tls-ie-mod2 \
 		tst-tls-ie-mod3 tst-tls-ie-mod4 tst-tls-ie-mod5 \
-		tst-tls-ie-mod6
+		tst-tls-ie-mod6 libmarkermod1-1 libmarkermod1-2 libmarkermod1-3 \
+		libmarkermod2-1 libmarkermod2-2 \
+		libmarkermod3-1 libmarkermod3-2 libmarkermod3-3 \
+		libmarkermod4-1 libmarkermod4-2 libmarkermod4-3 libmarkermod4-4 \
 
 # Most modules build with _ISOMAC defined, but those filtered out
 # depend on internal headers.
@@ -1812,3 +1816,56 @@ $(objpfx)argv0test.out: tst-rtld-argv0.sh $(objpfx)ld.so \
             '$(test-wrapper-env)' '$(run_program_env)' \
             '$(rpath-link)' 'test-argv0' > $@; \
     $(evaluate-test)
+
+# Most likely search subdirectories, for each supported architecture.
+# Used to obtain test coverage wide test coverage.
+glibc-hwcaps-first-subdirs-for-tests =
+
+# The test modules are parameterized by preprocessor macros.
+LDFLAGS-libmarkermod1-1.so += -Wl,-soname,libmarkermod1.so
+LDFLAGS-libmarkermod2-1.so += -Wl,-soname,libmarkermod2.so
+LDFLAGS-libmarkermod3-1.so += -Wl,-soname,libmarkermod3.so
+LDFLAGS-libmarkermod4-1.so += -Wl,-soname,libmarkermod4.so
+$(objpfx)libmarkermod%.os : markermodMARKER-VALUE.c
+	$(compile-command.c) \
+	  -DMARKER=marker$(firstword $(subst -, ,$*)) \
+	  -DVALUE=$(lastword $(subst -, ,$*))
+$(objpfx)libmarkermod1.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod1-1.so
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)libmarkermod2.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod2-1.so
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)libmarkermod3.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod3-1.so
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)libmarkermod4.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod4-1.so
+	cp $< $@
+
+# tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend checks that --glibc-hwcaps-prepend is
+# preferred over auto-detected subdirectories.
+$(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend: $(objpfx)libmarkermod1-1.so
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/prepend-markermod1/libmarkermod1.so: \
+  $(objpfx)libmarkermod1-2.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/%/libmarkermod1.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod1-3.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend.out: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend $(objpfx)libmarkermod1.so \
+  $(patsubst %,$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/%/libmarkermod1.so,prepend-markermod1 \
+    $(glibc-hwcaps-first-subdirs-for-tests))
+	$(test-wrapper) $(rtld-prefix) \
+	  --glibc-hwcaps-prepend prepend-markermod1 \
+	  $< > $@; \
+	$(evaluate-test)
+
+# tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask checks that --glibc-hwcaps-mask can be used to
+# suppress all auto-detected subdirectories.
+$(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask: $(objpfx)libmarkermod1-1.so
+$(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask.out: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask $(objpfx)libmarkermod1.so \
+  $(patsubst %,$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/%/libmarkermod1.so,\
+    $(glibc-hwcaps-first-subdirs-for-tests))
+	$(test-wrapper) $(rtld-prefix) \
+	  --glibc-hwcaps-mask does-not-exist \
+	  $< > $@; \
+	$(evaluate-test)
diff --git a/elf/dl-hwcaps-subdirs.c b/elf/dl-hwcaps-subdirs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60c6d59731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/dl-hwcaps-subdirs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Architecture-specific glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  Generic version.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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 <dl-hwcaps.h>
+
+/* In the generic version, there are no subdirectories defined.  */
+
+const char _dl_hwcaps_subdirs[] = "";
+
+uint32_t
+_dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active (void)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/elf/dl-hwcaps.c b/elf/dl-hwcaps.c
index 44dbac099f..f611f3a1a6 100644
--- a/elf/dl-hwcaps.c
+++ b/elf/dl-hwcaps.c
@@ -26,20 +26,97 @@
 #include <dl-procinfo.h>
 #include <dl-hwcaps.h>
 
+/* This is the result of counting the substrings in a colon-separated
+   hwcaps string.  */
+struct hwcaps_counts
+{
+  /* Number of substrings.  */
+  size_t count;
+
+  /* Sum of the individual substring lengths (without separators or
+     null terminators).  */
+  size_t total_length;
+
+  /* Maximum length of an individual substring.  */
+  size_t maximum_length;
+};
+
+/* Update *COUNTS according to the contents of HWCAPS.  Skip over
+   entries whose bit is not set in MASK.  */
+static void
+update_hwcaps_counts (struct hwcaps_counts *counts, const char *hwcaps,
+		      uint32_t bitmask, const char *mask)
+{
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked sp;
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_masked_init (&sp, hwcaps, bitmask, mask);
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split_masked (&sp))
+    {
+      ++counts->count;
+      counts->total_length += sp.split.length;
+      if (sp.split.length > counts->maximum_length)
+	counts->maximum_length = sp.split.length;
+    }
+}
+
+/* State for copy_hwcaps.  Must be initialized to point to
+   the storage areas for the array and the strings themselves.  */
+struct copy_hwcaps
+{
+  struct r_strlenpair *next_pair;
+  char *next_string;
+};
+
+/* Copy HWCAPS into the string pairs and strings, advancing *TARGET.
+   Skip over entries whose bit is not set in MASK.  */
+static void
+copy_hwcaps (struct copy_hwcaps *target, const char *hwcaps,
+	     uint32_t bitmask, const char *mask)
+{
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked sp;
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_masked_init (&sp, hwcaps, bitmask, mask);
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split_masked (&sp))
+    {
+      target->next_pair->str = target->next_string;
+      char *slash = __mempcpy (__mempcpy (target->next_string,
+					  GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREFIX,
+					  strlen (GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREFIX)),
+			       sp.split.segment, sp.split.length);
+      *slash = '/';
+      target->next_pair->len
+	= strlen (GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREFIX) + sp.split.length + 1;
+      ++target->next_pair;
+      target->next_string = slash + 1;
+    }
+}
+
 /* Return an array of useful/necessary hardware capability names.  */
 const struct r_strlenpair *
-_dl_important_hwcaps (size_t *sz, size_t *max_capstrlen)
+_dl_important_hwcaps (const char *glibc_hwcaps_prepend,
+		      const char *glibc_hwcaps_mask,
+		      size_t *sz, size_t *max_capstrlen)
 {
   uint64_t hwcap_mask = GET_HWCAP_MASK();
   /* Determine how many important bits are set.  */
   uint64_t masked = GLRO(dl_hwcap) & hwcap_mask;
   size_t cnt = GLRO (dl_platform) != NULL;
   size_t n, m;
-  size_t total;
   struct r_strlenpair *result;
   struct r_strlenpair *rp;
   char *cp;
 
+  /* glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  These are exempted from the power
+     set construction below.  */
+  uint32_t hwcaps_subdirs_active = _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active ();
+  struct hwcaps_counts hwcaps_counts =  { 0, };
+  update_hwcaps_counts (&hwcaps_counts, glibc_hwcaps_prepend, -1, NULL);
+  update_hwcaps_counts (&hwcaps_counts, _dl_hwcaps_subdirs,
+			hwcaps_subdirs_active, glibc_hwcaps_mask);
+
+  /* Each hwcaps subdirectory has a GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREFIX string prefix
+     and a "/" suffix once stored in the result.  */
+  size_t total = (hwcaps_counts.count * (strlen (GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREFIX) + 1)
+		  + hwcaps_counts.total_length);
+
   /* Count the number of bits set in the masked value.  */
   for (n = 0; (~((1ULL << n) - 1) & masked) != 0; ++n)
     if ((masked & (1ULL << n)) != 0)
@@ -74,10 +151,10 @@ _dl_important_hwcaps (size_t *sz, size_t *max_capstrlen)
 
   /* Determine the total size of all strings together.  */
   if (cnt == 1)
-    total = temp[0].len + 1;
+    total += temp[0].len + 1;
   else
     {
-      total = temp[0].len + temp[cnt - 1].len + 2;
+      total += temp[0].len + temp[cnt - 1].len + 2;
       if (cnt > 2)
 	{
 	  total <<= 1;
@@ -94,26 +171,48 @@ _dl_important_hwcaps (size_t *sz, size_t *max_capstrlen)
 	}
     }
 
-  /* The result structure: we use a very compressed way to store the
-     various combinations of capability names.  */
-  *sz = 1 << cnt;
-  result = (struct r_strlenpair *) malloc (*sz * sizeof (*result) + total);
-  if (result == NULL)
+  *sz = hwcaps_counts.count + (1 << cnt);
+
+  /* This is the overall result, including both glibc-hwcaps
+     subdirectories and the legacy hwcaps subdirectories using the
+     power set construction.  */
+  struct r_strlenpair *overall_result
+    = malloc (*sz * sizeof (*result) + total);
+  if (overall_result == NULL)
     _dl_signal_error (ENOMEM, NULL, NULL,
 		      N_("cannot create capability list"));
 
+  /* Fill in the glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  */
+  {
+    struct copy_hwcaps target;
+    target.next_pair = overall_result;
+    target.next_string = (char *) (overall_result + *sz);
+    copy_hwcaps (&target, glibc_hwcaps_prepend, -1, NULL);
+    copy_hwcaps (&target, _dl_hwcaps_subdirs,
+		 hwcaps_subdirs_active, glibc_hwcaps_mask);
+    /* Set up the write target for the power set construction.  */
+    result = target.next_pair;
+    cp = target.next_string;
+  }
+
+
+  /* Power set construction begins here.  We use a very compressed way
+     to store the various combinations of capability names.  */
+
   if (cnt == 1)
     {
-      result[0].str = (char *) (result + *sz);
+      result[0].str = cp;
       result[0].len = temp[0].len + 1;
-      result[1].str = (char *) (result + *sz);
+      result[1].str = cp;
       result[1].len = 0;
-      cp = __mempcpy ((char *) (result + *sz), temp[0].str, temp[0].len);
+      cp = __mempcpy (cp, temp[0].str, temp[0].len);
       *cp = '/';
-      *sz = 2;
-      *max_capstrlen = result[0].len;
+      if (result[0].len > hwcaps_counts.maximum_length)
+	*max_capstrlen = result[0].len;
+      else
+	*max_capstrlen = hwcaps_counts.maximum_length;
 
-      return result;
+      return overall_result;
     }
 
   /* Fill in the information.  This follows the following scheme
@@ -124,7 +223,7 @@ _dl_important_hwcaps (size_t *sz, size_t *max_capstrlen)
 	      #3: 0, 3			1001
      This allows the representation of all possible combinations of
      capability names in the string.  First generate the strings.  */
-  result[1].str = result[0].str = cp = (char *) (result + *sz);
+  result[1].str = result[0].str = cp;
 #define add(idx) \
       cp = __mempcpy (__mempcpy (cp, temp[idx].str, temp[idx].len), "/", 1);
   if (cnt == 2)
@@ -191,7 +290,10 @@ _dl_important_hwcaps (size_t *sz, size_t *max_capstrlen)
   while (--n != 0);
 
   /* The maximum string length.  */
-  *max_capstrlen = result[0].len;
+  if (result[0].len > hwcaps_counts.maximum_length)
+    *max_capstrlen = result[0].len;
+  else
+    *max_capstrlen = hwcaps_counts.maximum_length;
 
-  return result;
+  return overall_result;
 }
diff --git a/elf/dl-hwcaps.h b/elf/dl-hwcaps.h
index b66da59b89..ab39d8a46d 100644
--- a/elf/dl-hwcaps.h
+++ b/elf/dl-hwcaps.h
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#ifndef _DL_HWCAPS_H
+#define _DL_HWCAPS_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 #include <elf/dl-tunables.h>
 
 #if HAVE_TUNABLES
@@ -28,3 +33,103 @@
 #  define GET_HWCAP_MASK() (0)
 # endif
 #endif
+
+#define GLIBC_HWCAPS_SUBDIRECTORY "glibc-hwcaps"
+#define GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREFIX GLIBC_HWCAPS_SUBDIRECTORY "/"
+
+/* Used by _dl_hwcaps_split below, to split strings at ':'
+   separators.  */
+struct dl_hwcaps_split
+{
+  const char *segment;          /* Start of the current segment.  */
+  size_t length;                /* Number of bytes until ':' or NUL.  */
+};
+
+/* Prepare *S to parse SUBJECT, for future _dl_hwcaps_split calls.  If
+   SUBJECT is NULL, it is treated as the empty string.  */
+static inline void
+_dl_hwcaps_split_init (struct dl_hwcaps_split *s, const char *subject)
+{
+  s->segment = subject;
+  /* The initial call to _dl_hwcaps_split will not skip anything.  */
+  s->length = 0;
+}
+
+/* Extract the next non-empty string segment, up to ':' or the null
+   terminator.  Return true if one more segment was found, or false if
+   the end of the string was reached.  On success, S->segment is the
+   start of the segment found, and S->length is its length.
+   (Typically, S->segment[S->length] is not null.)  */
+_Bool _dl_hwcaps_split (struct dl_hwcaps_split *s) attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Similar to dl_hwcaps_split, but with bit-based and name-based
+   masking.  */
+struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked
+{
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split split;
+
+  /* For used by the iterator implementation.  */
+  const char *mask;
+  uint32_t bitmask;
+};
+
+/* Prepare *S for iteration with _dl_hwcaps_split_masked.  Only HWCAP
+   names in SUBJECT whose bit is set in BITMASK and whose name is in
+   MASK will be returned.  SUBJECT must not contain empty HWCAP names.
+   If MASK is NULL, no name-based masking is applied.  Likewise for
+   BITMASK if BITMASK is -1 (infinite number of bits).  */
+static inline void
+_dl_hwcaps_split_masked_init (struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked *s,
+                              const char *subject,
+                              uint32_t bitmask, const char *mask)
+{
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_init (&s->split, subject);
+  s->bitmask = bitmask;
+  s->mask = mask;
+}
+
+/* Like _dl_hwcaps_split, but apply masking.  */
+_Bool _dl_hwcaps_split_masked (struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked *s)
+  attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Returns true if the colon-separated HWCAP list HWCAPS contains the
+   capability NAME (with length NAME_LENGTH).  If HWCAPS is NULL, the
+   function returns true.  */
+_Bool _dl_hwcaps_contains (const char *hwcaps, const char *name,
+                           size_t name_length) attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Colon-separated string of glibc-hwcaps subdirectories, without the
+   "glibc-hwcaps/" prefix.  The most preferred subdirectory needs to
+   be listed first.  Up to 32 subdirectories are supported, limited by
+   the width of the uint32_t mask.  */
+extern const char _dl_hwcaps_subdirs[] attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Returns a bitmap of active subdirectories in _dl_hwcaps_subdirs.
+   Bit 0 (the LSB) corresponds to the first substring in
+   _dl_hwcaps_subdirs, bit 1 to the second substring, and so on.
+   There is no direct correspondence between HWCAP bitmasks and this
+   bitmask.  */
+uint32_t _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active (void) attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Returns a bitmask that marks the last ACTIVE subdirectories in a
+   _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active string (containing SUBDIRS directories in
+   total) as active.  Intended for use in _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active
+   implementations (if a contiguous tail of the list in
+   _dl_hwcaps_subdirs is selected).  */
+static inline uint32_t
+_dl_hwcaps_subdirs_build_bitmask (int subdirs, int active)
+{
+  /* Leading subdirectories that are not active.  */
+  int inactive = subdirs - active;
+  if (inactive == 32)
+    return 0;
+
+  uint32_t mask;
+  if (subdirs != 32)
+    mask = (1U << subdirs) - 1;
+  else
+    mask = -1;
+  return mask ^ ((1U << inactive) - 1);
+}
+
+#endif /* _DL_HWCAPS_H */
diff --git a/elf/dl-hwcaps_split.c b/elf/dl-hwcaps_split.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95225e9f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/dl-hwcaps_split.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* Hardware capability support for run-time dynamic loader.  String splitting.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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 <dl-hwcaps.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+_Bool
+_dl_hwcaps_split (struct dl_hwcaps_split *s)
+{
+  if (s->segment == NULL)
+    return false;
+
+  /* Skip over the previous segment.   */
+  s->segment += s->length;
+
+  /* Consume delimiters.  This also avoids returning an empty
+     segment.  */
+  while (*s->segment == ':')
+    ++s->segment;
+  if (*s->segment == '\0')
+    return false;
+
+  /* This could use strchrnul, but we would have to link the function
+     into ld.so for that.  */
+  const char *colon = strchr (s->segment, ':');
+  if (colon == NULL)
+    s->length = strlen (s->segment);
+  else
+    s->length = colon - s->segment;
+  return true;
+}
+
+_Bool
+_dl_hwcaps_split_masked (struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked *s)
+{
+  while (true)
+    {
+      if (!_dl_hwcaps_split (&s->split))
+        return false;
+      bool active = s->bitmask & 1;
+      s->bitmask >>= 1;
+      if (active && _dl_hwcaps_contains (s->mask,
+                                         s->split.segment, s->split.length))
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+_Bool
+_dl_hwcaps_contains (const char *hwcaps, const char *name, size_t name_length)
+{
+  if (hwcaps == NULL)
+    return true;
+
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split split;
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_init (&split, hwcaps);
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split (&split))
+    if (split.length == name_length
+        && memcmp (split.segment, name, name_length) == 0)
+      return true;
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/elf/dl-load.c b/elf/dl-load.c
index f3201e7c14..9020f1646f 100644
--- a/elf/dl-load.c
+++ b/elf/dl-load.c
@@ -682,7 +682,9 @@ cache_rpath (struct link_map *l,
 
 
 void
-_dl_init_paths (const char *llp, const char *source)
+_dl_init_paths (const char *llp, const char *source,
+		const char *glibc_hwcaps_prepend,
+		const char *glibc_hwcaps_mask)
 {
   size_t idx;
   const char *strp;
@@ -697,7 +699,8 @@ _dl_init_paths (const char *llp, const char *source)
 
 #ifdef SHARED
   /* Get the capabilities.  */
-  capstr = _dl_important_hwcaps (&ncapstr, &max_capstrlen);
+  capstr = _dl_important_hwcaps (glibc_hwcaps_prepend, glibc_hwcaps_mask,
+				 &ncapstr, &max_capstrlen);
 #endif
 
   /* First set up the rest of the default search directory entries.  */
diff --git a/elf/dl-main.h b/elf/dl-main.h
index b51256d3b4..566713a0d1 100644
--- a/elf/dl-main.h
+++ b/elf/dl-main.h
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ struct dl_main_state
   /* The preload list passed as a command argument.  */
   const char *preloadarg;
 
+  /* Additional glibc-hwcaps subdirectories to search first.
+     Colon-separated list.  */
+  const char *glibc_hwcaps_prepend;
+
+  /* Mask for the internal glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.
+     Colon-separated list.  */
+  const char *glibc_hwcaps_mask;
+
   enum rtld_mode mode;
 
   /* True if any of the debugging options is enabled.  */
@@ -98,7 +106,8 @@ struct dl_main_state
 static inline void
 call_init_paths (const struct dl_main_state *state)
 {
-  _dl_init_paths (state->library_path, state->library_path_source);
+  _dl_init_paths (state->library_path, state->library_path_source,
+                  state->glibc_hwcaps_prepend, state->glibc_hwcaps_mask);
 }
 
 /* Print ld.so usage information and exit.  */
diff --git a/elf/dl-support.c b/elf/dl-support.c
index afbc94df54..3264262f4e 100644
--- a/elf/dl-support.c
+++ b/elf/dl-support.c
@@ -323,7 +323,10 @@ _dl_non_dynamic_init (void)
 
   /* Initialize the data structures for the search paths for shared
      objects.  */
-  _dl_init_paths (getenv ("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"), "LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
+  _dl_init_paths (getenv ("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"), "LD_LIBRARY_PATH",
+		  /* No glibc-hwcaps selection support in statically
+		     linked binaries.  */
+		  NULL, NULL);
 
   /* Remember the last search directory added at startup.  */
   _dl_init_all_dirs = GL(dl_all_dirs);
diff --git a/elf/dl-usage.c b/elf/dl-usage.c
index 796ad38b43..e22a9c3942 100644
--- a/elf/dl-usage.c
+++ b/elf/dl-usage.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ print_search_path_for_help (struct dl_main_state *state)
 {
   if (__rtld_search_dirs.dirs == NULL)
     /* The run-time search paths have not yet been initialized.  */
-    _dl_init_paths (state->library_path, state->library_path_source);
+    call_init_paths (state);
 
   _dl_printf ("\nShared library search path:\n");
 
@@ -132,6 +132,67 @@ print_hwcap_1_finish (bool *first)
     _dl_printf (")\n");
 }
 
+/* Print the header for print_hwcaps_subdirectories.  */
+static void
+print_hwcaps_subdirectories_header (bool *nothing_printed)
+{
+  if (*nothing_printed)
+    {
+      _dl_printf ("\n\
+Subdirectories of glibc-hwcaps directories, in priority order:\n");
+      *nothing_printed = false;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Print the HWCAP name itself, indented.  */
+static void
+print_hwcaps_subdirectories_name (const struct dl_hwcaps_split *split)
+{
+  _dl_write (STDOUT_FILENO, "  ", 2);
+  _dl_write (STDOUT_FILENO, split->segment, split->length);
+}
+
+/* Print the list of recognized glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  */
+static void
+print_hwcaps_subdirectories (const struct dl_main_state *state)
+{
+  bool nothing_printed = true;
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split split;
+
+  /* The prepended glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  */
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_init (&split, state->glibc_hwcaps_prepend);
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split (&split))
+    {
+      print_hwcaps_subdirectories_header (&nothing_printed);
+      print_hwcaps_subdirectories_name (&split);
+      bool first = true;
+      print_hwcap_1 (&first, true, "searched");
+      print_hwcap_1_finish (&first);
+    }
+
+  /* The built-in glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  Do the filtering
+     manually, so that more precise diagnostics are possible.  */
+  uint32_t mask = _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active ();
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_init (&split, _dl_hwcaps_subdirs);
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split (&split))
+    {
+      print_hwcaps_subdirectories_header (&nothing_printed);
+      print_hwcaps_subdirectories_name (&split);
+      bool first = true;
+      print_hwcap_1 (&first, mask & 1, "supported");
+      bool listed = _dl_hwcaps_contains (state->glibc_hwcaps_mask,
+                                         split.segment, split.length);
+      print_hwcap_1 (&first, !listed, "masked");
+      print_hwcap_1 (&first, (mask & 1) && listed, "searched");
+      print_hwcap_1_finish (&first);
+      mask >>= 1;
+    }
+
+  if (nothing_printed)
+    _dl_printf ("\n\
+No subdirectories of glibc-hwcaps directories are searched.\n");
+}
+
 /* Write a list of hwcap subdirectories to standard output.  See
  _dl_important_hwcaps in dl-hwcaps.c.  */
 static void
@@ -186,6 +247,10 @@ setting environment variables (which would be inherited by subprocesses).\n\
   --inhibit-cache       Do not use " LD_SO_CACHE "\n\
   --library-path PATH   use given PATH instead of content of the environment\n\
                         variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH\n\
+  --glibc-hwcaps-prepend LIST\n\
+                        search glibc-hwcaps subdirectories in LIST\n\
+  --glibc-hwcaps-mask LIST\n\
+                        only search built-in subdirectories if in LIST\n\
   --inhibit-rpath LIST  ignore RUNPATH and RPATH information in object names\n\
                         in LIST\n\
   --audit LIST          use objects named in LIST as auditors\n\
@@ -198,6 +263,7 @@ This program interpreter self-identifies as: " RTLD "\n\
 ",
               argv0);
   print_search_path_for_help (state);
+  print_hwcaps_subdirectories (state);
   print_legacy_hwcap_directories ();
   _exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
diff --git a/elf/markermodMARKER-VALUE.c b/elf/markermodMARKER-VALUE.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99bdcf71a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/markermodMARKER-VALUE.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Source file template for building shared objects with marker functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+/* MARKER and VALUE must be set on the compiler command line.  */
+
+#ifndef MARKER
+# error MARKER not defined
+#endif
+
+int
+MARKER (void)
+{
+  return VALUE;
+}
diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
index 5d117d0d2c..e3ec66c030 100644
--- a/elf/rtld.c
+++ b/elf/rtld.c
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ dl_main_state_init (struct dl_main_state *state)
   state->library_path_source = NULL;
   state->preloadlist = NULL;
   state->preloadarg = NULL;
+  state->glibc_hwcaps_prepend = NULL;
+  state->glibc_hwcaps_mask = NULL;
   state->mode = rtld_mode_normal;
   state->any_debug = false;
   state->version_info = false;
@@ -1244,6 +1246,22 @@ dl_main (const ElfW(Phdr) *phdr,
 	  {
 	    argv0 = _dl_argv[2];
 
+	    _dl_skip_args += 2;
+	    _dl_argc -= 2;
+	    _dl_argv += 2;
+	  }
+	else if (strcmp (_dl_argv[1], "--glibc-hwcaps-prepend") == 0
+		 && _dl_argc > 2)
+	  {
+	    state.glibc_hwcaps_prepend = _dl_argv[2];
+	    _dl_skip_args += 2;
+	    _dl_argc -= 2;
+	    _dl_argv += 2;
+	  }
+	else if (strcmp (_dl_argv[1], "--glibc-hwcaps-mask") == 0
+		 && _dl_argc > 2)
+	  {
+	    state.glibc_hwcaps_mask = _dl_argv[2];
 	    _dl_skip_args += 2;
 	    _dl_argc -= 2;
 	    _dl_argv += 2;
diff --git a/elf/tst-dl-hwcaps_split.c b/elf/tst-dl-hwcaps_split.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..929c99a23b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-dl-hwcaps_split.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* Unit tests for dl-hwcaps.c.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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 <array_length.h>
+#include <dl-hwcaps.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+static void
+check_split_masked (const char *input, int32_t bitmask, const char *mask,
+                    const char *expected[], size_t expected_length)
+{
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split_masked split;
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_masked_init (&split, input, bitmask, mask);
+  size_t index = 0;
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split_masked (&split))
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (index < expected_length);
+      TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (expected[index], strlen (expected[index]),
+                         split.split.segment, split.split.length);
+      ++index;
+    }
+  TEST_COMPARE (index, expected_length);
+}
+
+static void
+check_split (const char *input,
+             const char *expected[], size_t expected_length)
+{
+  struct dl_hwcaps_split split;
+  _dl_hwcaps_split_init (&split, input);
+  size_t index = 0;
+  while (_dl_hwcaps_split (&split))
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (index < expected_length);
+      TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (expected[index], strlen (expected[index]),
+                         split.segment, split.length);
+      ++index;
+    }
+  TEST_COMPARE (index, expected_length);
+
+  /* Reuse the test cases with masking that does not actually remove
+     anything.  */
+  check_split_masked (input, -1, NULL, expected, expected_length);
+  check_split_masked (input, -1, input, expected, expected_length);
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* Splitting tests, without masking.  */
+  check_split (NULL, NULL, 0);
+  check_split ("", NULL, 0);
+  check_split (":", NULL, 0);
+  check_split ("::", NULL, 0);
+
+  {
+    const char *expected[] = { "first" };
+    check_split ("first", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split (":first", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split ("first:", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split (":first:", expected, array_length (expected));
+  }
+
+  {
+    const char *expected[] = { "first", "second" };
+    check_split ("first:second", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split ("first::second", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split (":first:second", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split ("first:second:", expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split (":first:second:", expected, array_length (expected));
+  }
+
+  /* Splitting tests with masking.  */
+  {
+    const char *expected[] = { "first" };
+    check_split_masked ("first", 3, "first:second",
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split_masked ("first:second", 3, "first:",
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split_masked ("first:second", 1, NULL,
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+  }
+  {
+    const char *expected[] = { "second" };
+    check_split_masked ("first:second", 3, "second",
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split_masked ("first:second:third", -1, "second:",
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split_masked ("first:second", 2, NULL,
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+    check_split_masked ("first:second:third", 2, "first:second",
+                        expected, array_length (expected));
+  }
+
+  /* Tests for _dl_hwcaps_contains.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains (NULL, "first", strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains (NULL, "", 0));
+  TEST_VERIFY (! _dl_hwcaps_contains ("", "first", strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (! _dl_hwcaps_contains ("firs", "first", strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains ("firs", "first", strlen ("first") - 1));
+  for (int i = 0; i < strlen ("first"); ++i)
+    TEST_VERIFY (! _dl_hwcaps_contains ("first", "first", i));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains ("first", "first", strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains ("first:", "first", strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains ("first:second",
+                                    "first", strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains (":first:second", "first",
+                                    strlen ("first")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains ("first:second", "second",
+                                    strlen ("second")));
+  TEST_VERIFY (_dl_hwcaps_contains ("first:second:", "second",
+                                    strlen ("second")));
+  for (int i = 0; i < strlen ("second"); ++i)
+    TEST_VERIFY (!_dl_hwcaps_contains ("first:second:", "sec", i));
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
+
+/* Rebuild the sources here because the object file is built for
+   inclusion into the dynamic loader.  */
+#include "dl-hwcaps_split.c"
diff --git a/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask.c b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27b09b358c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Test that --glibc-hwcaps-mask works.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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>
+
+extern int marker1 (void);
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* The marker1 function in elf/markermod1.so returns 1.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (marker1 (), 1);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend.c b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57d7319f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Test that --glibc-hwcaps-prepend works.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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>
+
+extern int marker1 (void);
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* The marker1 function in
+     glibc-hwcaps/prepend-markermod1/markermod1.so returns 2.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (marker1 (), 2);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps.c b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f47cf891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* Stub test for glibc-hwcaps.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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 <stdio.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  puts ("info: generic tst-glibc-hwcaps (tests nothing)");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
index 382eeb9be0..0b2babc70c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
@@ -1047,8 +1047,13 @@ extern struct r_debug *_dl_debug_initialize (ElfW(Addr) ldbase, Lmid_t ns)
      attribute_hidden;
 
 /* Initialize the basic data structure for the search paths.  SOURCE
-   is either "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" or "--library-path".  */
-extern void _dl_init_paths (const char *library_path, const char *source)
+   is either "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" or "--library-path".
+   GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREPEND adds additional glibc-hwcaps subdirectories to
+   search.  GLIBC_HWCAPS_MASK is used to filter the built-in
+   subdirectories if not NULL.  */
+extern void _dl_init_paths (const char *library_path, const char *source,
+			    const char *glibc_hwcaps_prepend,
+			    const char *glibc_hwcaps_mask)
   attribute_hidden;
 
 /* Gather the information needed to install the profiling tables and start
@@ -1072,9 +1077,14 @@ extern void _dl_show_auxv (void) attribute_hidden;
 extern char *_dl_next_ld_env_entry (char ***position) attribute_hidden;
 
 /* Return an array with the names of the important hardware
-   capabilities.  The length of the array is written to *SZ, and the
-   maximum of all strings length is written to *MAX_CAPSTRLEN.  */
-const struct r_strlenpair *_dl_important_hwcaps (size_t *sz,
+   capabilities.  PREPEND is a colon-separated list of glibc-hwcaps
+   directories to search first.  MASK is a colon-separated list used
+   to filter the built-in glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  The length of
+   the array is written to *SZ, and the maximum of all strings length
+   is written to *MAX_CAPSTRLEN.  */
+const struct r_strlenpair *_dl_important_hwcaps (const char *prepend,
+						 const char *mask,
+						 size_t *sz,
 						 size_t *max_capstrlen)
   attribute_hidden;
 
