diff --git a/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/handler-shared.cc b/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/handler-shared.cc
index 7b399f5eeac1be..d1b549a1701900 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/handler-shared.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/handler-shared.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ namespace v8 {
 namespace internal {
 namespace trap_handler {
 
-THREAD_LOCAL bool g_thread_in_wasm_code = false;
+// We declare this as int rather than bool as a workaround for a glibc bug, in
+// which the dynamic loader cannot handle executables whose TLS area is only
+// 1 byte in size; see https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14898.
+THREAD_LOCAL int g_thread_in_wasm_code = false;
+
+static_assert(sizeof(g_thread_in_wasm_code) > 1,
+              "sizeof(thread_local_var) must be > 1, see "
+              "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14898");
 
 size_t gNumCodeObjects = 0;
 CodeProtectionInfoListEntry* gCodeObjects = nullptr;
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/trap-handler.h b/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/trap-handler.h
index 5494c5fdb312f3..ed9459918b7b36 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/trap-handler.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/trap-handler/trap-handler.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ inline bool UseTrapHandler() {
   return FLAG_wasm_trap_handler && V8_TRAP_HANDLER_SUPPORTED;
 }
 
-extern THREAD_LOCAL bool g_thread_in_wasm_code;
+extern THREAD_LOCAL int g_thread_in_wasm_code;
 
 inline bool IsThreadInWasm() { return g_thread_in_wasm_code; }