diff --git a/i/lldb/tools/darwin-debug/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/tools/darwin-debug/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/i/lldb/tools/darwin-debug/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/tools/darwin-debug/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+
+# Create an LC_SEGMENT with the special name ExecExtraSuspend which
+# debugserver can detect - it tells debugserver that it will exec a
+# process and that process will start suspended, so debugserver will
+# need to double-resume it to make it run.  A random file is copied
+# into the segment.
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-sectcreate,ExecExtraSuspend,ExecExtraSuspend,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt")
+
 add_lldb_tool(darwin-debug ADD_TO_FRAMEWORK
   darwin-debug.cpp
 )
diff --git a/i/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm
--- a/i/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm
@@ -730,6 +730,8 @@
       this_seg.nsects = seg.nsects;
       this_seg.flags = seg.flags;
       inf.segments.push_back(this_seg);
+      if (this_seg.name == "ExecExtraSuspend")
+        m_task.TaskWillExecProcessesSuspended();
     }
     if (lc.cmd == LC_SEGMENT_64) {
       struct segment_command_64 seg;
@@ -751,6 +753,8 @@
       this_seg.nsects = seg.nsects;
       this_seg.flags = seg.flags;
       inf.segments.push_back(this_seg);
+      if (this_seg.name == "ExecExtraSuspend")
+        m_task.TaskWillExecProcessesSuspended();
     }
     if (lc.cmd == LC_UUID) {
       struct uuid_command uuidcmd;
diff --git a/i/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.h b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.h
--- a/i/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.h
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
   const MachProcess *Process() const { return m_process; }
 
   nub_size_t PageSize();
+  void TaskWillExecProcessesSuspended() { m_exec_will_be_suspended = true; }
 
 protected:
   MachProcess *m_process; // The mach process that owns this MachTask
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@
                                 // need it
   mach_port_t m_exception_port; // Exception port on which we will receive child
                                 // exceptions
+  bool m_exec_will_be_suspended; // If this task exec's another process, that
+                                // process will be launched suspended and we will
+                                // need to execute one extra Resume to get it
+                                // to progress from dyld_start.
+  bool m_do_double_resume;      // next time we task_resume(), do it twice to
+                                // fix a too-high suspend count.
 
   typedef std::map<mach_vm_address_t, size_t> allocation_collection;
   allocation_collection m_allocations;
diff --git a/i/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.mm b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.mm
--- a/i/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.mm
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachTask.mm
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 MachTask::MachTask(MachProcess *process)
     : m_process(process), m_task(TASK_NULL), m_vm_memory(),
-      m_exception_thread(0), m_exception_port(MACH_PORT_NULL) {
+      m_exception_thread(0), m_exception_port(MACH_PORT_NULL),
+      m_exec_will_be_suspended(false), m_do_double_resume(false) {
   memset(&m_exc_port_info, 0, sizeof(m_exc_port_info));
 }
 
@@ -107,6 +108,14 @@
   err = BasicInfo(task, &task_info);
 
   if (err.Success()) {
+    if (m_do_double_resume && task_info.suspend_count == 2) {
+      err = ::task_resume(task);
+      if (DNBLogCheckLogBit(LOG_TASK) || err.Fail())
+        err.LogThreaded("::task_resume double-resume after exec-start-stopped "
+                        "( target_task = 0x%4.4x )", task);
+    }
+    m_do_double_resume = false;
+      
     // task_resume isn't counted like task_suspend calls are, are, so if the
     // task is not suspended, don't try and resume it since it is already
     // running
@@ -139,6 +148,8 @@
   m_task = TASK_NULL;
   m_exception_thread = 0;
   m_exception_port = MACH_PORT_NULL;
+  m_exec_will_be_suspended = false;
+  m_do_double_resume = false;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -665,6 +676,9 @@
     err.LogThreaded("::mach_port_deallocate ( task = 0x%4.4x, name = 0x%4.4x )",
                     task_self, exception_port);
 
+  m_exec_will_be_suspended = false;
+  m_do_double_resume = false;
+
   return err.Status();
 }
 
@@ -974,4 +988,14 @@
 void MachTask::TaskPortChanged(task_t task)
 {
   m_task = task;
+
+  // If we've just exec'd to a new process, and it
+  // is started suspended, we'll need to do two
+  // task_resume's to get the inferior process to
+  // continue.
+  if (m_exec_will_be_suspended)
+    m_do_double_resume = true;
+  else
+    m_do_double_resume = false;
+  m_exec_will_be_suspended = false;
 }