diff --git a/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux.go b/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux.go
index 38915d98..4d8a96ed 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux.go
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ func ptraceSingleStep(pid, sig int) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// remoteIovec is like golang.org/x/sys/unix.Iovec but uses uintptr for the
+// base field instead of *byte so that we can use it with addresses that
+// belong to the target process.
+type remoteIovec struct {
+	base uintptr
+	len  uintptr
+}
diff --git a/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_386.go b/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_386.go
index 7326107d..b31f0a7f 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_386.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_386.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func ptraceGetTls(gs int32, tid int) (uint32, error) {
 func processVmRead(tid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
 	len_iov := uint32(len(data))
 	local_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: &data[0], Len: len_iov}
-	remote_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(addr)), Len: len_iov}
+	remote_iov := remoteIovec{base: addr, len: uintptr(len_iov)}
 	p_local := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&local_iov))
 	p_remote := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&remote_iov))
 	n, _, err := syscall.Syscall6(sys.SYS_PROCESS_VM_READV, uintptr(tid), p_local, 1, p_remote, 1, 0)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func processVmRead(tid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
 func processVmWrite(tid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
 	len_iov := uint32(len(data))
 	local_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: &data[0], Len: len_iov}
-	remote_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(addr)), Len: len_iov}
+	remote_iov := remoteIovec{base: addr, len: uintptr(len_iov)}
 	p_local := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&local_iov))
 	p_remote := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&remote_iov))
 	n, _, err := syscall.Syscall6(sys.SYS_PROCESS_VM_WRITEV, uintptr(tid), p_local, 1, p_remote, 1, 0)
diff --git a/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_64bit.go b/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_64bit.go
index c79362f9..f4ab69c8 100644
--- a/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_64bit.go
+++ b/pkg/proc/native/ptrace_linux_64bit.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 func processVmRead(tid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
 	len_iov := uint64(len(data))
 	local_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: &data[0], Len: len_iov}
-	remote_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(addr)), Len: len_iov}
+	remote_iov := remoteIovec{base: addr, len: uintptr(len_iov)}
 	p_local := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&local_iov))
 	p_remote := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&remote_iov))
 	n, _, err := syscall.Syscall6(sys.SYS_PROCESS_VM_READV, uintptr(tid), p_local, 1, p_remote, 1, 0)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func processVmRead(tid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
 func processVmWrite(tid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (int, error) {
 	len_iov := uint64(len(data))
 	local_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: &data[0], Len: len_iov}
-	remote_iov := sys.Iovec{Base: (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(addr)), Len: len_iov}
+	remote_iov := remoteIovec{base: addr, len: uintptr(len_iov)}
 	p_local := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&local_iov))
 	p_remote := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&remote_iov))
 	n, _, err := syscall.Syscall6(sys.SYS_PROCESS_VM_WRITEV, uintptr(tid), p_local, 1, p_remote, 1, 0)