diff --git a/lld/ELF/Filesystem.cpp b/lld/ELF/Filesystem.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,27 @@
   sys::fs::remove(Path);
 
   // close and therefore remove TempPath in background.
-  if (!EC)
-    std::thread([=] { ::close(FD); }).detach();
+  if (EC)
+    return;
+
+  std::mutex M;
+  std::condition_variable CV;
+  bool Started = false;
+  std::thread([&, FD] {
+    {
+      std::lock_guard<std::mutex> L(M);
+      Started = true;
+      CV.notify_all();
+    }
+    ::close(FD);
+  }).detach();
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> L(M);
+  // Wait the thread to start. std::thread will touch function local variables
+  // installing atexing handlers. We want to make it happen before libc started
+  // to call handlers.
+  // Additionally GLIBC before 2.27 had race between __internal_atexit and
+  // __run_exit_handlers.
+  CV.wait(L, [&] { return Started; });
 #endif
 }