diff --git a/configs/common/FileSystemConfig.py b/configs/common/FileSystemConfig.py
index 76ea5ff..33515bc 100644
--- a/configs/common/FileSystemConfig.py
+++ b/configs/common/FileSystemConfig.py
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@
 
     system.redirect_paths = _redirect_paths(options)
 
+    # Setting the interpreter path. This is used to load the
+    # guest dynamic linker itself from the elf file.
+    interp = getattr(options, 'interp_dir', None)
+    if interp:
+        from m5.core import setInterpDir
+        setInterpDir(interp)
+
+        print("Setting the interpreter path to:", interp,
+              "\nFor dynamically linked applications you might still "
+              "need to setup the --redirects so that libraries are "
+              "found\n")
+
 def register_node(cpu_list, mem, node_number):
     nodebasedir = joinpath(m5.options.outdir, 'fs', 'sys', 'devices',
                            'system', 'node')
diff --git a/configs/common/Options.py b/configs/common/Options.py
index 855c006..c47d4f7 100644
--- a/configs/common/Options.py
+++ b/configs/common/Options.py
@@ -381,6 +381,15 @@
                            "for information or functionality. Instead of "    \
                            "finding files on the __HOST__ filesystem, the "   \
                            "process will find the user's replacment files.")
+    parser.add_option("--interp-dir", action="store", type="string",
+                      default=None,
+                      help="The interp-dir option is used for "
+                           "setting the interpreter's path. This will "
+                           "allow to load the guest dynamic linker/loader "
+                           "itself from the elf binary. The option points to "
+                           "the parent folder of the guest /lib in the "
+                           "host fs")
+
     parser.add_option("--redirects", action="append", type="string",
                       default=[],
                       help="A collection of one or more redirect paths "
diff --git a/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc b/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
index bbaa27b..06cc33b 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
+++ b/src/base/loader/elf_object.cc
@@ -90,9 +90,18 @@
 {
 
 ElfObjectFormat elfObjectFormat;
+std::string interpDir;
 
 } // anonymous namespace
 
+void
+setInterpDir(const std::string &dirname)
+{
+    fatal_if(!interpDir.empty(),
+        "Error: setInterpDir has already been called once\n");
+    interpDir = dirname;
+}
+
 ElfObject::ElfObject(ImageFileDataPtr ifd) : ObjectFile(ifd)
 {
     // get a pointer to elf structure
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@
             handleLoadableSegment(phdr, i);
         if (phdr.p_type == PT_INTERP) {
             // Make sure the interpreter is an valid ELF file.
-            char *interp_path = (char *)imageData->data() + phdr.p_offset;
+            auto interp_path = getInterpPath(phdr);
             ObjectFile *obj = createObjectFile(interp_path);
             interpreter = dynamic_cast<ElfObject *>(obj);
             assert(interpreter != nullptr);
@@ -137,6 +146,17 @@
     // We will actually read the sections when we need to load them
 }
 
+std::string
+ElfObject::getInterpPath(const GElf_Phdr &phdr) const
+{
+    // This is the interpreter path as specified in the elf file
+    const std::string elf_path = (char *)imageData->data() + phdr.p_offset;
+    if (!interpDir.empty())
+        return interpDir + elf_path;
+    else
+        return elf_path;
+}
+
 void
 ElfObject::determineArch()
 {
diff --git a/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh b/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
index 2cc2016..8b72cee 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
+++ b/src/base/loader/elf_object.hh
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
 
 
     ObjectFile *getInterpreter() const override { return interpreter; }
+    std::string getInterpPath(const GElf_Phdr &phdr) const;
+
     Addr bias() const override { return ldBias; }
     bool relocatable() const override { return relocate; }
     Addr mapSize() const override { return ldMax - ldMin; }
@@ -128,4 +130,13 @@
     uint16_t programHeaderCount() {return _programHeaderCount;}
 };
 
+/**
+ * This is the interface for setting up a base path for the
+ * elf interpreter. This is needed when loading a
+ * cross-compiled (guest ISA != host ISA) dynamically
+ * linked application.
+ * @param dirname base path for the interpreter
+ */
+void setInterpDir(const std::string &dirname);
+
 #endif // __BASE_LOADER_ELF_OBJECT_HH__
diff --git a/src/python/m5/core.py b/src/python/m5/core.py
index 4c94353..c8c57fc 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/core.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/core.py
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 ARM Limited
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
+# not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
+# property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
+# to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
+# licensed hereunder.  You may use the software subject to the license
+# terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
+# unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
+# modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form.
+#
 # Copyright (c) 2008 The Hewlett-Packard Development Company
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -30,3 +42,4 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from _m5.core import setOutputDir
+from _m5.loader import setInterpDir
diff --git a/src/python/pybind11/core.cc b/src/python/pybind11/core.cc
index 3523c06..2cfaecd 100644
--- a/src/python/pybind11/core.cc
+++ b/src/python/pybind11/core.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 #include "base/addr_range.hh"
 #include "base/inet.hh"
+#include "base/loader/elf_object.hh"
 #include "base/logging.hh"
 #include "base/random.hh"
 #include "base/socket.hh"
@@ -202,6 +203,14 @@
         ;
 }
 
+static void
+init_loader(py::module &m_native)
+{
+    py::module m = m_native.def_submodule("loader");
+
+    m.def("setInterpDir", &setInterpDir);
+}
+
 void
 pybind_init_core(py::module &m_native)
 {
@@ -281,5 +290,6 @@
     init_serialize(m_native);
     init_range(m_native);
     init_net(m_native);
+    init_loader(m_native);
 }