diff --git a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/aarch64.zig b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/aarch64.zig
index 1516990..897616c 100644
--- a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/aarch64.zig
+++ b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/aarch64.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub const UserRegsStruct = extern struct {
 };
 
 pub const SYS_mmap: u64 = 222;
+pub const SYS_mprotect: u64 = 226;
 pub const syscall_insn_size: u64 = 0;
 
 pub const idle_syscalls = [_]i64{
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ pub fn setupMmapRegs(regs: *UserRegsStruct, scratch_size: u64, prot: u64, flags:
     regs.regs[5] = 0;
 }
 
+pub fn setupMprotectRegs(regs: *UserRegsStruct, addr: u64, len: u64, prot: u64) void {
+    regs.regs[8] = SYS_mprotect;
+    regs.regs[0] = addr;
+    regs.regs[1] = len;
+    regs.regs[2] = prot;
+}
+
 pub fn setupShimRegs(regs: *UserRegsStruct, shim_addr: usize) void {
     regs.pc = shim_addr;
 }
diff --git a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/x86_64.zig b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/x86_64.zig
index f77b817..abf0ff9 100644
--- a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/x86_64.zig
+++ b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/arch/x86_64.zig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub const UserRegsStruct = extern struct {
 };
 
 pub const SYS_mmap: u64 = 9;
+pub const SYS_mprotect: u64 = 10;
 pub const syscall_insn_size: u64 = 2;
 
 pub const idle_syscalls = [_]i64{
@@ -75,6 +76,15 @@ pub fn setupMmapRegs(regs: *UserRegsStruct, scratch_size: u64, prot: u64, flags:
     regs.orig_rax = @bitCast(@as(i64, -1));
 }
 
+pub fn setupMprotectRegs(regs: *UserRegsStruct, addr: u64, len: u64, prot: u64) void {
+    regs.rip -= 2;
+    regs.rax = SYS_mprotect;
+    regs.rdi = addr;
+    regs.rsi = len;
+    regs.rdx = prot;
+    regs.orig_rax = @bitCast(@as(i64, -1));
+}
+
 pub fn setupShimRegs(regs: *UserRegsStruct, shim_addr: usize) void {
     regs.rip = shim_addr;
     regs.orig_rax = @bitCast(@as(i64, -1));
diff --git a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/linux.zig b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/linux.zig
index e0f3533..77fcf34 100644
--- a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/linux.zig
+++ b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/linux.zig
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ pub fn inject(
     var page = shim.buildScratchPage(so_path, payload_path, type_name, method_name, dlopen_addr, dlsym_addr, pthread_create_addr, pthread_detach_addr, scratch, self_pid);
     try ptrace_mod.writeMemory(victim, scratch, &page);
 
+    try bootstrapMprotect(victim, saved, scratch + shim.CodePageOff, shim.ScratchSize - shim.CodePageOff, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC);
+
     try runVictimShim(victim, saved, scratch + shim.VictimShimOff);
 
     try ptrace_mod.setRegs(victim, saved);
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ pub fn inject(
 
 fn bootstrapMmap(pid: i32, saved: UserRegsStruct) !usize {
     var regs = saved;
-    arch.setupMmapRegs(&regs, shim.ScratchSize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS);
+    arch.setupMmapRegs(&regs, shim.ScratchSize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS);
 
     try ptrace_mod.setRegs(pid, regs);
     try continueAndWait(pid, ptrace_mod.PTRACE_SYSCALL, "mmap-enter");
@@ -175,6 +177,20 @@ fn bootstrapMmap(pid: i32, saved: UserRegsStruct) !usize {
     return @intCast(ret);
 }
 
+fn bootstrapMprotect(pid: i32, saved: UserRegsStruct, addr: usize, len: usize, prot: u64) !void {
+    var regs = saved;
+    arch.setupMprotectRegs(&regs, @intCast(addr), @intCast(len), prot);
+
+    try ptrace_mod.setRegs(pid, regs);
+    try continueAndWait(pid, ptrace_mod.PTRACE_SYSCALL, "mprotect-enter");
+    try continueAndWait(pid, ptrace_mod.PTRACE_SYSCALL, "mprotect-exit");
+
+    const after = try ptrace_mod.getRegs(pid);
+    const ret: i64 = @bitCast(arch.getSyscallResult(after));
+    if (ret < 0 and ret > -4096)
+        return error.MprotectInTargetFailed;
+}
+
 fn runVictimShim(pid: i32, saved: UserRegsStruct, shim_addr: usize) !void {
     var regs = saved;
     arch.setupShimRegs(&regs, shim_addr);
diff --git a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/shim.zig b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/shim.zig
index 4db32ec..aa52521 100644
--- a/Hauyne.Injector/linux/shim.zig
+++ b/Hauyne.Injector/linux/shim.zig
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const ScratchSize: usize = 0x2000; // 8 KiB (two pages)
-pub const PathOffset: usize = 0x40; // bootstrap .so path           (1984)
-pub const PayloadOffset: usize = 0x800; // payload triple, NUL-separated (4096)
-pub const SymbolOffset: usize = 0x1800; // "hauyne_start\0"             (256)
-pub const VictimShimOff: usize = 0x1900; // pthread_create + pthread_detach (256)
-pub const PayloadShimOff: usize = 0x1A00; // dlopen + dlsym + hauyne_start  (1536)
+pub const ScratchSize: usize = 0x2000; // 8 KiB (two 4K pages)
+
+// P1 RW: data region, pthread_handle
+pub const PathOffset: usize = 0x40; //   bootstrap .so path           (1984)
+pub const PayloadOffset: usize = 0x800; //   payload triple, NUL-separated (2048)
+
+// P2 RX: read-only data + executable shims
+pub const CodePageOff: usize = 0x1000; //   page boundary for mprotect
+pub const SymbolOffset: usize = 0x1800; //   "hauyne_start\0"             (256)
+pub const VictimShimOff: usize = 0x1900; //   pthread_create + pthread_detach (256)
+pub const PayloadShimOff: usize = 0x1A00; //   dlopen + dlsym + hauyne_start  (1536)
 
 const arch = @import("arch.zig").emitter;