diff --git a/README b/README
index 075227f73..0ef1f92fe 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,3 +1,77 @@
+Use for LKL
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+Since LKL can grab shared resources during LD_PRELOAD (e.g. a TAP
+device), it can have a problem with Vaglrind: the host kernel runs the
+code in LD_PRELOAD for the Valgrind process, then Valgrind re-runs
+LD_PRELOAD for the process it is instrumenting. Now the "inner" LKL
+will fail with an error that its TAP device is used and quit
+immediately, while the "outer" LKL uselessly holds on to it.
+
+We can fix this by adding two new environment variables,
+LKL_LIBRARY_PATH and LKL_PRELOAD, that Valgrind waits to put into
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD until right before it starts executing
+the instrumented process. For example:
+
+Desired behavior:
+
+    $ sudo LKL_HIJACK_NET_TAP=eth0 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=lib LD_PRELOAD=liblkl-hijack.so ip link         
+    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
+        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
+    2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
+        link/ether 76:fb:8f:22:3d:77 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    3: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
+
+
+Incorrect behavior under normal Valgrind: 
+
+    $ sudo LKL_HIJACK_NET_TAP=eth0 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=lib LD_PRELOAD=liblkl-hijack.so valgrind ip link
+    failed to attach to eth0: Device or resource busy
+    ==40345== Memcheck, a memory error detector
+    ==40345== Copyright (C) 2002-2013, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
+    ==40345== Using Valgrind-3.10.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
+    ==40345== Command: ip link
+    ==40345== 
+    failed to attach to eth0: Device or resource busy
+
+Correct behavior under patched Vaglrind:
+
+    $ sudo LKL_HIJACK_NET_TAP=eth0 LKL_LIBRARY_PATH=lib LKL_PRELOAD=liblkl-hijack.so taskset -c 10 /tmp/valgrind-build2/bin/valgrind ip link
+    ==68392== Memcheck, a memory error detector
+    ==68392== Copyright (C) 2002-2015, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
+    ==68392== Using Valgrind-3.12.0.SVN and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
+    ==68392== Command: ip link
+    ==68392== 
+    1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
+        link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
+    2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
+        link/ether 86:c8:d0:f8:b6:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    3: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default 
+        link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
+    ==68392== 
+    ==68392== HEAP SUMMARY:
+    ==68392==     in use at exit: 11,616 bytes in 52 blocks
+    ==68392==   total heap usage: 440 allocs, 388 frees, 67,147,414 bytes allocated
+    ==68392== 
+    ...
+
+
+Build changes for GitHub clone
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Valgrind's svn pulls down an external repo into a directory named VEX
+that's needed to build it. You can meet that requirement by running
+the following in the root of this project:
+
+    git clone https://github.com/svn2github/valgrind-vex.git VEX
+
+before continuing with:
+
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure --prefix=where/to/install
+    make -j
+    make install
+
+as normal.
+
 
 Release notes for Valgrind
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/coregrind/launcher-linux.c b/coregrind/launcher-linux.c
index 4d018f209..82cd51670 100644
--- a/coregrind/launcher-linux.c
+++ b/coregrind/launcher-linux.c
@@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp)
    char* new_line;
    char** new_env;
 
+   #define MAX_ENV_VAL_LEN 1024
+   char ld_preload_base[MAX_ENV_VAL_LEN] = "LD_PRELOAD=";
+   char ld_library_path_base[MAX_ENV_VAL_LEN] = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=";
+   char lkl_preload_key[] = "LKL_PRELOAD";
+   char lkl_library_path_key[] = "LKL_LIBRARY_PATH";
+   char *lkl_preload = NULL;
+   char *lkl_library_path = NULL;
+
+
    /* Start the debugging-log system ASAP.  First find out how many 
       "-d"s were specified.  This is a pre-scan of the command line.
       At the same time, look for the tool name. */
@@ -453,14 +462,25 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp)
 
    for (j = 0; envp[j]; j++)
       ;
-   new_env = malloc((j+2) * sizeof(char*));
+   new_env = malloc((j+4) * sizeof(char*));
    if (new_env == NULL)
       barf("malloc of new_env failed.");
    for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
       new_env[i] = envp[i];
    new_env[i++] = new_line;
+
+
+   /* Support LKL's use of LD_PRELOAD */
+   if ((lkl_preload = getenv(lkl_preload_key))) {
+      new_env[i++] = strcat(ld_preload_base, lkl_preload);
+   }
+
+   if ((lkl_library_path = getenv(lkl_library_path_key))) {
+      new_env[i++] = strcat(ld_library_path_base, lkl_library_path);
+   }
+
    new_env[i++] = NULL;
-   assert(i == j+2);
+
 
    /* Establish the correct VALGRIND_LIB. */
    cp = getenv(VALGRIND_LIB);