diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
index f6269ea..9999600 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ include $(firstword $(wildcard $(sysdirs:=/sysctl.mk)))
 
 sysdep_routines += clone llseek umount umount2 readahead \
 		   setfsuid setfsgid makedev epoll_pwait signalfd \
-		   eventfd eventfd_read eventfd_write prlimit
+		   eventfd eventfd_read eventfd_write prlimit \
+		   personality
 
 CFLAGS-gethostid.c = -fexceptions
 CFLAGS-tst-writev.c += "-DARTIFICIAL_LIMIT=0x80000000-__getpagesize()"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ sysdep_headers += sys/mount.h sys/acct.h sys/sysctl.h \
 		  bits/socket_type.h bits/syscall.h bits/sysctl.h \
 		  bits/mman-linux.h
 
-tests += tst-clone tst-fanotify
+tests += tst-clone tst-fanotify tst-personality
 
 # Generate the list of SYS_* macros for the system calls (__NR_* macros).
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/syscalls.list
index 911ed7d..c06954f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/syscalls.list
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	fanotify_mark
 
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
+
 # Semaphore and shm system calls.  msgctl, shmctl, and semctl have C
 # wrappers (to set __IPC_64).
 msgget		-	msgget		i:ii	__msgget	msgget
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/syscalls.list
index 2cb8d02..d29c358 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/syscalls.list
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ setrlimit	-	setrlimit	i:ip	__setrlimit	setrlimit
 getrlimit	-	getrlimit	i:ip	__getrlimit	getrlimit
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	__prlimit64	prlimit64@@GLIBC_2.17
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	__fanotify_mark	fanotify_mark@@GLIBC_2.19
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscalls.list
index 1cebd6a..6282ff8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscalls.list
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ waitpid		-	waitpid		Ci:ipi	__waitpid	waitpid
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	fanotify_mark
+
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscalls.list
index ad4ca46..4260f3e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscalls.list
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ setfsuid	-	setfsuid32	Ei:i	setfsuid
 cacheflush	EXTRA	cacheflush	i:iiii	__cacheflush	cacheflush
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	fanotify_mark
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/syscalls.list
index 86fd40b..da0fd4e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/syscalls.list
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ cacheflush	EXTRA	cacheflush	i:iiii	__cacheflush	cacheflush
 
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	fanotify_mark
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
 
 # Semaphore and shm system calls.  msgctl, shmctl, and semctl have C
 # wrappers (to set __IPC_64).
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/syscalls.list
index 7ad5523..584ad1f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/syscalls.list
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ sync_file_range	-	sync_file_range	Ci:iiii	sync_file_range
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiis	fanotify_mark
+
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/personality.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/personality.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6724f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/personality.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2015 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sys/personality.h>
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+extern __typeof (personality) __personality;
+
+int
+__personality (unsigned long persona)
+{
+#ifdef PERSONALITY_TRUNCATE_ARGUMENT
+  /* Starting with kernel commit v2.6.21-3117-g97dc32c, the type of
+     task_struct->pesonality is "unsigned int".
+     Starting with kernel commit v2.6.35-rc1-372-g485d527, the personality
+     syscall accepts "unsigned int" instead of "long unsigned int".
+     Inbetween, a personality argument that does not fit into "unsigned int"
+     would result to system call returning -EINVAL.
+     We explicitly truncate the personality argument to "unsigned int"
+     to eliminate the uncertainty.  */
+  persona = (unsigned int) persona;
+#endif
+
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
+  long ret = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (personality, err, 1, persona);
+
+  /* Starting with kernel commit v2.6.29-6609-g11d06b2, the personality syscall
+     never fails.  However, 32-bit kernels might flag valid values as errors, so
+     we need to reverse the error setting.  We can't use the raw result as some
+     arches split the return/error values.  */
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (ret, err)))
+    ret = -INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (ret, err);
+  return ret;
+}
+weak_alias (__personality, personality)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/syscalls.list
index 82baf9c..141b165 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/syscalls.list
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ setrlimit	-	setrlimit	i:ip	__setrlimit	setrlimit@GLIBC_2.0 setrlimit@@GLIBC_2.2
 
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	fanotify_mark
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/syscalls.list
index 2f4ac65..169d40f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/syscalls.list
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ waitpid		-	waitpid		Ci:ipi	__waitpid	waitpid
 prlimit64	EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit64
 
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiiis	__fanotify_mark	fanotify_mark@@GLIBC_2.16
+
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/personality.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/personality.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..250e501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/personality.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* Work around sign extension bug in the kernel.  */
+#define PERSONALITY_TRUNCATE_ARGUMENT
+#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/personality.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
index caa6ccf..afaf033 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ munlockall	-	munlockall	i:	munlockall
 nanosleep	-	nanosleep	Ci:pp	__nanosleep	nanosleep
 nfsservctl	EXTRA	nfsservctl	i:ipp	nfsservctl
 pause		-	pause		Ci:	__libc_pause	pause
-personality	EXTRA	personality	i:i	__personality	personality
 pipe		-	pipe		i:f	__pipe		pipe
 pipe2		-	pipe2		i:fi	__pipe2		pipe2
 pivot_root	EXTRA	pivot_root	i:ss	pivot_root
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-personality.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-personality.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bfa502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-personality.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* BZ #19408 linux personality syscall wrapper test.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2015 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/personality.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  int rc = 0;
+  unsigned int test_persona = -EINVAL;
+  unsigned int saved_persona;
+
+  errno = 0xdefaced;
+  saved_persona = personality (0xffffffff);
+
+  if (personality (test_persona) != saved_persona ||
+      personality (0xffffffff) == -1 ||
+      personality (PER_LINUX) == -1 ||
+      personality (0xffffffff) != PER_LINUX ||
+      0xdefaced != errno)
+    rc = 1;
+
+  (void) personality (saved_persona);
+  return rc;
+}
+
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/syscalls.list
index 51ee8d8..19cc6d9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/syscalls.list
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ open		-	open		Ci:siv	__libc_open	__open open __open64 open64
 prlimit		EXTRA	prlimit64	i:iipp	prlimit		prlimit64
 
 fanotify_mark	EXTRA	fanotify_mark	i:iiiis	fanotify_mark
+personality	EXTRA	personality	i:i	__personality	personality
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/syscalls.list
index 2cc58af..c98ac74 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/syscalls.list
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 fallocate	-	fallocate	Ci:iiii	fallocate	fallocate64
 gettimeofday	-	gettimeofday:__vdso_gettimeofday@LINUX_2.6	i:pP	__gettimeofday	gettimeofday
+personality	EXTRA	personality	Ei:i	__personality	personality
 posix_fadvise	-	fadvise64	Vi:iiii	posix_fadvise	posix_fadvise64
 preadv		-	preadv		Ci:ipii	preadv		preadv64
 pwritev		-	pwritev		Ci:ipii	pwritev		pwritev64
