diff --git a/src/scheme/proc.rs b/src/scheme/proc.rs
index c529c6b847..e10d0b6093 100644
--- a/src/scheme/proc.rs
+++ b/src/scheme/proc.rs
@@ -309,27 +309,65 @@ impl ProcScheme {
             }
             OpenTy::Auth => {
                 extern "C" fn ret() {}
-                let context = match operation_str.ok_or(Error::new(ENOENT))? {
-                    "new-context" => {
-                        let id = NonZeroUsize::new(NEXT_ID.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed))
-                            .ok_or(Error::new(EMFILE))?;
-                        let context = context::spawn(true, Some(id), ret, token)?;
-                        {
-                            let parent_groups =
-                                context::current().read(token.token()).groups.clone();
-                            context.write(token.token()).groups = parent_groups;
-                        }
-                        HANDLES.write(token.token()).insert(
-                            id.get(),
-                            Handle {
-                                context,
-                                kind: ContextHandle::OpenViaDup,
-                            },
-                        );
-                        return Ok((id.get(), InternalFlags::empty()));
+                let operation_str = operation_str.ok_or(Error::new(ENOENT))?;
+                // The relibc fork's pthread_setname_np / getname_np /
+                // setaffinity_np / getaffinity_np all use the path
+                // format "proc:{thread_fd}/<sub-handle>" via a single
+                // Sys::open() call. To support this, we need to parse
+                // the leading numeric prefix as a context id and the
+                // remaining suffix as the sub-handle path. The
+                // existing "new-context" and "cur-context" arms are
+                // kept for the "literal" paths that don't have a
+                // numeric prefix.
+                let context = if operation_str == "new-context" {
+                    let id = NonZeroUsize::new(NEXT_ID.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed))
+                        .ok_or(Error::new(EMFILE))?;
+                    let context = context::spawn(true, Some(id), ret, token)?;
+                    {
+                        let parent_groups =
+                            context::current().read(token.token()).groups.clone();
+                        context.write(token.token()).groups = parent_groups;
                     }
-                    "cur-context" => context::current(),
-                    _ => return Err(Error::new(ENOENT)),
+                    HANDLES.write(token.token()).insert(
+                        id.get(),
+                        Handle {
+                            context: context.clone(),
+                            kind: ContextHandle::OpenViaDup,
+                        },
+                    );
+                    return Ok((id.get(), InternalFlags::empty()));
+                } else if operation_str == "cur-context" {
+                    context::current()
+                } else if let Some(slash) = operation_str.find('/') {
+                    // Path format "<thread_fd>/<sub-handle>" used by
+                    // relibc's pthread_setname_np / getname_np /
+                    // setaffinity_np / getaffinity_np. Split on the
+                    // first '/' to get the numeric context id and
+                    // the sub-handle name. Look up the context by id
+                    // in the HANDLES map.
+                    let id_str = &operation_str[..slash];
+                    let sub_path = &operation_str[slash + 1..];
+                    let id = id_str.parse::<usize>().map_err(|_| Error::new(EINVAL))?;
+                    let context = {
+                        let handles = HANDLES.read(token.token());
+                        let handle = handles.get(&id).ok_or(Error::new(ENOENT))?;
+                        if !matches!(
+                            handle.kind,
+                            ContextHandle::OpenViaDup | ContextHandle::Authority
+                        ) {
+                            return Err(Error::new(ENOENT));
+                        }
+                        handle.context.clone()
+                    };
+                    // Re-call openat_context with the sub-path. This
+                    // is a recursive open_inner which works because
+                    // openat_context doesn't depend on the open
+                    // path's Authority state.
+                    return self
+                        .open_inner(OpenTy::Ctxt(context), Some(sub_path), _flags, token)
+                        .map(|(id, flags)| (id, flags));
+                } else {
+                    return Err(Error::new(ENOENT));
                 };
 
                 (