diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 23c1fee11c..fde8798a56 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf4b9d6a944f767f8e5e0db018570623c85f3d925ac718db4e06d0187adb21c1"
+checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootstrap"
@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
  "linked_list_allocator",
- "redox-exec",
  "redox-initfs",
+ "redox-rt",
  "redox-scheme",
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-rt"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git?rev=e97f26c7#e97f26c7632b1033ca062199db5633f3236821ed"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "goblin"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -81,9 +86,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.21"
+version = "0.4.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
+checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "plain"
@@ -93,9 +98,9 @@ checksum = "b4596b6d070b27117e987119b4dac604f3c58cfb0b191112e24771b2faeac1a6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.85"
+version = "1.0.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22244ce15aa966053a896d1accb3a6e68469b97c7f33f284b99f0d576879fc23"
+checksum = "5e719e8df665df0d1c8fbfd238015744736151d4445ec0836b8e628aae103b77"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -109,16 +114,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox-exec"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git#ac08f016cd3b37fae8434f2da6168542d3171ec6"
-dependencies = [
- "goblin",
- "plain",
- "redox_syscall",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox-initfs"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -127,10 +122,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "plain",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox-rt"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git?rev=e97f26c7#e97f26c7632b1033ca062199db5633f3236821ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "generic-rt",
+ "goblin",
+ "plain",
+ "redox_syscall",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox-scheme"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox-scheme.git#62aed6c712cca31bb18078adacd27b400f5ccf93"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "git+https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox-scheme.git#79d9d54f572f53386981fb9b6ef054fd9e45110c"
 dependencies = [
  "libredox",
  "redox_syscall",
@@ -138,9 +145,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c82cf8cff14456045f55ec4241383baeff27af886adb72ffb2162f99911de0fd"
+checksum = "2a908a6e00f1fdd0dfd9c0eb08ce85126f6d8bbda50017e74bc4a4b7d4a926a4"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
@@ -182,9 +189,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.66"
+version = "2.0.71"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c42f3f41a2de00b01c0aaad383c5a45241efc8b2d1eda5661812fda5f3cdcff5"
+checksum = "b146dcf730474b4bcd16c311627b31ede9ab149045db4d6088b3becaea046462"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df541b7a2c..87c558457e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ crate-type = ["staticlib"]
 hashbrown = { version = "0.14", default-features = false, features = ["inline-more"] }
 linked_list_allocator = "0.10"
 redox-initfs = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox-initfs.git", default-features = false }
-redox-exec = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git" }
-redox_syscall = "0.5.2"
+redox_syscall = "0.5.3"
 redox-scheme = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox-scheme.git" }
+redox-rt = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/relibc.git", rev = "e97f26c7" }
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/src/exec.rs b/src/exec.rs
index ff942f46d8..52f69c333a 100644
--- a/src/exec.rs
+++ b/src/exec.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use syscall::{Error, EINTR};
 use syscall::flag::{O_CLOEXEC, O_RDONLY};
 
-use redox_exec::*;
+use redox_rt::proc::*;
 
 pub fn main() -> ! {
     let envs = {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn main() -> ! {
         spawn_initfs(core::ptr::addr_of!(__initfs_header), initfs_length.get() as usize);
     }
     const CWD: &[u8] = b"/scheme/initfs";
-    let extrainfo = redox_exec::ExtraInfo {
+    let extrainfo = ExtraInfo {
         cwd: Some(CWD),
         sigprocmask: 0,
         sigignmask: 0,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ unsafe fn spawn_initfs(initfs_start: *const u8, initfs_length: usize) {
     // The write pipe will not inherit O_CLOEXEC, but is closed by the daemon later.
     let write = syscall::dup(read, b"write").expect("failed to open sync write pipe");
 
-    match redox_exec::fork_impl() {
+    match fork_impl() {
         Err(err) => {
             panic!("Failed to fork in order to start initfs daemon: {}", err);
         }
diff --git a/src/start.rs b/src/start.rs
index 67589a179c..f8b2ec4c87 100644
--- a/src/start.rs
+++ b/src/start.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn start() -> ! {
     let _ = syscall::mprotect(data_start, data_end - data_start, MapFlags::PROT_READ | MapFlags::PROT_WRITE | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE).expect("mprotect failed for .data/.bss");
     let _ = syscall::mprotect(data_end, crate::arch::STACK_START - data_end, MapFlags::PROT_READ | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE).expect("mprotect failed for rest of memory");
 
+    redox_rt::initialize_freestanding();
+
     // FIXME make the initfs read-only
 
     crate::exec::main();