diff --git a/src/riscv.c b/src/riscv.c
index 3e36eda3..fd3a1646 100644
--- a/src/riscv.c
+++ b/src/riscv.c
@@ -647,10 +647,16 @@ riscv_t *rv_create(riscv_user_t rv_attr)
 #if !RV32_HAS(SYSTEM)
     /* set not exiting */
     attr->on_exit = false;
+    attr->exit_addr = 0;
 
-    const struct Elf32_Sym *exit;
-    if ((exit = elf_get_symbol(elf, "exit")))
-        attr->exit_addr = exit->st_value;
+    /* Try to find exit address from symbols. Check multiple names since
+     * different toolchains/libc implementations may use different symbols.
+     */
+    const struct Elf32_Sym *exit_sym;
+    if ((exit_sym = elf_get_symbol(elf, "exit")))
+        attr->exit_addr = exit_sym->st_value;
+    else if ((exit_sym = elf_get_symbol(elf, "_exit")))
+        attr->exit_addr = exit_sym->st_value;
 #endif
 
     assert(elf_load(elf, attr->mem));
diff --git a/src/syscall.c b/src/syscall.c
index 74dd8318..232665b5 100644
--- a/src/syscall.c
+++ b/src/syscall.c
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ static void syscall_close(riscv_t *rv)
     /*
      * The crt0 closes standard file descriptor(0, 1, 2) when
      * the process exits. Thus, the operations by the crt0
-     * should not considered as error.
+     * should not be considered as error. For stripped ELFs where
+     * exit_addr is not found, allow close(fd<3) to succeed silently.
      */
-    if (fd < 3 && !PRIV(rv)->on_exit) {
+    if (fd < 3 && !PRIV(rv)->on_exit && PRIV(rv)->exit_addr) {
         rv_set_reg(rv, rv_reg_a0, -1);
         rv_log_error(
             "Attempted to close a file descriptor < 3 (fd=%u). Operation "