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+import sys
+
+# For some baffling reason IAMCU sets the instruction set architecture
+# in the ELF header to 0x06 instead of 0x03 even though it is just
+# 386 code. This gives QEMU fits. Hack it!
+fd = open(sys.argv[1], "r+b")
+fd.seek(0x12)
+# Write 0x03 which is EM_386 to e_machine
+fd.write(b'\x03')
+fd.close()
+