diff --git a/changelog.d/2254.fixed.md b/changelog.d/2254.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef82bc399e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/2254.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed issue with Golang calling fstat on Linux causing crash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mirrord/layer/src/file/hooks.rs b/mirrord/layer/src/file/hooks.rs
index c18dcd794a7..00d74e6520b 100644
--- a/mirrord/layer/src/file/hooks.rs
+++ b/mirrord/layer/src/file/hooks.rs
@@ -1212,7 +1212,14 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn enable_file_hooks(hook_manager: &mut HookManager) {
             FN___LXSTAT64
         );
         replace!(hook_manager, "lstat", lstat_detour, FnLstat, FN_LSTAT);
-        replace!(hook_manager, "fstat", fstat_detour, FnFstat, FN_FSTAT);
+        crate::replace_with_fallback!(
+            hook_manager,
+            "fstat",
+            fstat_detour,
+            FnFstat,
+            FN_FSTAT,
+            libc::fstat
+        );
         replace!(hook_manager, "stat", stat_detour, FnStat, FN_STAT);
         replace!(
             hook_manager,
diff --git a/mirrord/layer/src/macros.rs b/mirrord/layer/src/macros.rs
index e3038141567..f15f06f334d 100644
--- a/mirrord/layer/src/macros.rs
+++ b/mirrord/layer/src/macros.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,65 @@ macro_rules! replace {
     }};
 }
 
+/// Replaces the `$func` [`libc`] function, with the equivalent hook `$detour_function`, by calling
+/// `HookManager::hook_export_or_any`. This variant accepts a fallback function to put in the
+/// original function if the hook fails. This is useful in Go when we actually don't hook any libc
+/// but still need to call it.
+///
+/// ## Parameters
+///
+/// - `$hook_manager`: a valid [`HookManager`](crate::hooks::HookManager) instance that is used to
+///   replace the [`libc`] function;
+///
+/// - `$func`: the function we want to replace;
+///
+/// - `$detour_function`: one of our detour functions;
+///
+/// - `$detour_type`: the type alias that was generated by `hook_fn` for this function type;
+///
+/// - `$hook_fn`: stores the original function pointer as a [`HookFn`](crate::detour::HookFn) that
+///   is created by `hook_fn`.
+/// - `$fallback_fn`: stores the libc function to fallback to if the hook fails.
+///
+/// ## Examples
+///
+/// - Replacing [`libc::close`] with [`close_detour`](crate::close_detour):
+///
+/// ```rust, no_run
+/// unsafe {
+///     replace_with_fallback!(
+///         hook_manager,
+///         "close",
+///         close_detour,
+///         FnClose,
+///         FN_CLOSE,
+///         libc::close
+///     );
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! replace_with_fallback {
+    ($hook_manager:expr, $func:expr, $detour_function:expr, $detour_type:ty, $hook_fn:expr, $fallback_fn:expr) => {{
+        let intercept = |hook_manager: &mut $crate::hooks::HookManager,
+                         symbol_name,
+                         detour: $detour_type|
+         -> $crate::error::Result<$detour_type> {
+            let replaced =
+                hook_manager.hook_export_or_any(symbol_name, detour as *mut libc::c_void)?;
+            let original_fn: $detour_type = std::mem::transmute(replaced);
+
+            tracing::trace!("hooked {symbol_name:?}");
+            Ok(original_fn)
+        };
+
+        let _ = intercept($hook_manager, $func, $detour_function)
+            .and_then(|hooked| Ok($hook_fn.set(hooked).unwrap()))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                $hook_fn.set($fallback_fn).unwrap();
+            });
+    }};
+}
+
 /// Used by [`go_hooks`](crate::go_hooks) to hook go syscalls with
 /// `HookManager::hook_symbol_main_module`.
 ///