diff --git a/src/x86/Ginit_remote.c b/src/x86/Ginit_remote.c
index e69de29b..1cd395b0 100644
--- a/src/x86/Ginit_remote.c
+++ b/src/x86/Ginit_remote.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/* libunwind - a platform-independent unwind library
+   Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+	Contributed by David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
+
+This file is part of libunwind.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.  */
+
+#include "init.h"
+#include "unwind_i.h"
+
+PROTECTED int
+unw_init_remote (unw_cursor_t *cursor, unw_addr_space_t as, void *as_arg)
+{
+#ifdef UNW_LOCAL_ONLY
+  return -UNW_EINVAL;
+#else /* !UNW_LOCAL_ONLY */
+  struct cursor *c = (struct cursor *) cursor;
+
+  if (tdep_needs_initialization)
+    tdep_init ();
+
+  Debug (2, "(cursor=%p)\n", c);
+
+  c->dwarf.as = as;
+  c->dwarf.as_arg = as_arg;
+  return common_init (c);
+#endif /* !UNW_LOCAL_ONLY */
+}