diff --git a/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp b/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp
index d83799afa..698ab6b87 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/debug_mapinfo.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ __LIBC_HIDDEN__ mapinfo_t* mapinfo_create(pid_t pid) {
   struct mapinfo_t* milist = NULL;
   char data[1024]; // Used to read lines as well as to construct the filename.
   snprintf(data, sizeof(data), "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
-  FILE* fp = fopen(data, "r");
+  FILE* fp = fopen(data, "re");
   if (fp != NULL) {
     while (fgets(data, sizeof(data), fp) != NULL) {
       mapinfo_t* mi = parse_maps_line(data);
diff --git a/libc/bionic/pututline.c b/libc/bionic/pututline.c
index c8427f720..8cbf47057 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pututline.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/pututline.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void pututline(struct utmp* utmp)
     struct utmp u;
     long i;
 
-    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+")))
+    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+e")))
         return;
 
     while (fread(&u, sizeof(struct utmp), 1, f) == 1)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void pututline(struct utmp* utmp)
 
     fclose(f);
 
-    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+")))
+    if (!(f = fopen(_PATH_UTMP, "w+e")))
         return;
     fwrite(utmp, sizeof(struct utmp), 1, f);
 
diff --git a/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp b/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp
index 8309f087a..d8aac4fe0 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/sysconf.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int __sysconf_nprocessors_conf() {
 }
 
 static int __sysconf_nprocessors_onln() {
-  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/stat", "re");
   if (fp == NULL) {
     return 1;
   }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int __sysconf_nprocessors_onln() {
 }
 
 static int __get_meminfo(const char* pattern) {
-  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "re");
   if (fp == NULL) {
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/libc/dns/gethnamaddr.c b/libc/dns/gethnamaddr.c
index 80fdcbee1..cc33c612c 100644
--- a/libc/dns/gethnamaddr.c
+++ b/libc/dns/gethnamaddr.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ _sethtent(int f)
     res_static  rs = __res_get_static();
     if (rs == NULL) return;
 	if (!rs->hostf)
-		rs->hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "r" );
+		rs->hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "re" );
 	else
 		rewind(rs->hostf);
 	rs->stayopen = f;
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ _gethtent(void)
 	int af, len;
 	res_static  rs = __res_get_static();
 
-	if (!rs->hostf && !(rs->hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "r" ))) {
+	if (!rs->hostf && !(rs->hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "re" ))) {
 		h_errno = NETDB_INTERNAL;
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/libc/dns/net/getaddrinfo.c b/libc/dns/net/getaddrinfo.c
index 65fd1c197..a4923187e 100644
--- a/libc/dns/net/getaddrinfo.c
+++ b/libc/dns/net/getaddrinfo.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ _sethtent(FILE **hostf)
 {
 
 	if (!*hostf)
-		*hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "r" );
+		*hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "re");
 	else
 		rewind(*hostf);
 }
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ _gethtent(FILE **hostf, const char *name, const struct addrinfo *pai)
 	assert(name != NULL);
 	assert(pai != NULL);
 
-	if (!*hostf && !(*hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "r" )))
+	if (!*hostf && !(*hostf = fopen(_PATH_HOSTS, "re")))
 		return (NULL);
  again:
 	if (!(p = fgets(hostbuf, sizeof hostbuf, *hostf)))
diff --git a/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c b/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c
index 77a1b4d19..0201aa8f1 100644
--- a/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c
+++ b/libc/dns/resolv/res_cache.c
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ _dump_answer(const void* answer, int answerlen)
     char* buf;
     int fileLen;
 
-    fp = fopen("/data/reslog.txt", "w+");
+    fp = fopen("/data/reslog.txt", "w+e");
     if (fp != NULL) {
         statep = __res_get_state();
 
diff --git a/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c b/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c
index f1cbed8ac..c05352a5d 100644
--- a/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c
+++ b/libc/dns/resolv/res_init.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ __res_vinit(res_state statp, int preinit) {
 	 line[sizeof(name) - 1] == '\t'))
 
 	nserv = 0;
-	if ((fp = fopen(_PATH_RESCONF, "r")) != NULL) {
+	if ((fp = fopen(_PATH_RESCONF, "re")) != NULL) {
 	    /* read the config file */
 	    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL) {
 		/* skip comments */