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diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 2f9094f03a..27ba6af031 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -1968,6 +1968,15 @@ finish:
(void) clearenv();
assert(i <= args_size);
+
+ /*
+ * We want valgrind to print its memory usage summary before reexecution.
+ * Valgrind won't do this is on its own on exec(), but it will do it on exit().
+ * Hence, to ensure we get a summary here, fork() off a child, let it exit() cleanly,
+ * so that it prints the summary, and wait() for it in the parent, before proceeding into the exec().
+ */
+ valgrind_summary_hack();
+
(void) execv(args[0], (char* const*) args);
}