diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 69cc4b6e42..49a4fee899 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -8079,6 +8079,9 @@ static int open_self_stat(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int fd)
             gchar *bin = g_strrstr(ts->bprm->argv[0], "/");
             bin = bin ? bin + 1 : ts->bprm->argv[0];
             g_string_printf(buf, "(%.15s) ", bin);
+        } else if (i == 2) {
+            /* task state */
+            g_string_assign(buf, "R "); /* we are running right now */
         } else if (i == 3) {
             /* ppid */
             g_string_printf(buf, FMT_pid " ", getppid());