diff --git a/cmd/ps3netsrv-go/server.go b/cmd/ps3netsrv-go/server.go
index 9194297..f107848 100644
--- a/cmd/ps3netsrv-go/server.go
+++ b/cmd/ps3netsrv-go/server.go
@@ -138,10 +138,13 @@ func (sapp *serverApp) server() error {
 
 	sysRoot := fs.SystemRoot(fs.NewRelaxedSystemRoot(sapp.Root))
 	if sapp.StrictRoot {
-		sysRoot, err = os.OpenRoot(sapp.Root)
+		root, err := os.OpenRoot(sapp.Root)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("open root failed: %w", err)
 		}
+		// Wrap so large files (>2 GiB, i.e. every PS3 ISO) can be opened on
+		// 32-bit platforms; os.Root's openat omits O_LARGEFILE.
+		sysRoot = osutil.NewStrictSystemRoot(root)
 	}
 
 	s := server.Server[handler.State]{
diff --git a/internal/osutil/largefile.go b/internal/osutil/largefile.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a90db70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osutil/largefile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//go:build linux || solaris || aix || zos
+
+package osutil
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+// openLargeFile is O_LARGEFILE on 32-bit targets (0x8000 on 386, 0x20000 on
+// arm, ...) and 0 on 64-bit ones. Without it, os.Root's openat rejects files
+// larger than 2 GiB on a 32-bit kernel with EOVERFLOW ("value too large for
+// defined data type"), which breaks streaming of PS3 ISOs on legacy 32-bit NAS
+// hardware. The constant is only defined by x/sys/unix on the platforms in the
+// build constraint above (Linux, Solaris, AIX, z/OS); see largefile_other.go
+// for the rest.
+const openLargeFile = unix.O_LARGEFILE
diff --git a/internal/osutil/largefile_other.go b/internal/osutil/largefile_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f64d510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osutil/largefile_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build !(linux || solaris || aix || zos)
+
+package osutil
+
+// openLargeFile has no effect on platforms where x/sys/unix does not define
+// O_LARGEFILE (darwin, the BSDs, Windows, ...); large-file access there does
+// not depend on an explicit open flag.
+const openLargeFile = 0
diff --git a/internal/osutil/strict_root.go b/internal/osutil/strict_root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cc594a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/osutil/strict_root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package osutil
+
+import "os"
+
+// StrictSystemRoot wraps *os.Root to make it usable on 32-bit platforms.
+//
+// os.Root opens files via a raw openat that does not set O_LARGEFILE, so on a
+// 32-bit kernel any file larger than 2 GiB fails to open with EOVERFLOW. Every
+// PS3 ISO exceeds that, which makes strict-root mode unusable for PS3 streaming
+// on legacy 32-bit NAS hardware. This wrapper forwards O_LARGEFILE through
+// os.Root.OpenFile (which passes the flag verbatim to openat) while keeping all
+// of os.Root's symlink-safe, path-traversal-safe traversal.
+//
+// It satisfies pkg/fs.SystemRoot: Open/Create are overridden here, and the
+// embedded *os.Root supplies Stat, Remove and Mkdir.
+type StrictSystemRoot struct {
+	*os.Root
+}
+
+// NewStrictSystemRoot wraps an already-opened *os.Root.
+func NewStrictSystemRoot(root *os.Root) StrictSystemRoot {
+	return StrictSystemRoot{Root: root}
+}
+
+func (r StrictSystemRoot) Open(path string) (*os.File, error) {
+	return r.Root.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDONLY|openLargeFile, 0)
+}
+
+func (r StrictSystemRoot) Create(path string) (*os.File, error) {
+	return r.Root.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC|openLargeFile, 0666)
+}