diff --git a/src/thread.c b/src/thread.c
index b902aa38c..5eb68e33a 100644
--- a/src/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static void __thread_init(void)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3) && !defined(__clang__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3) && defined(__GNU_LIBRARY__) && !defined(__clang__)
 	/* make sure libgcc_s is already loaded, because pthread_exit() may
 	 * may need it on exit after the chroot! _Unwind_Find_FDE() is defined
 	 * there since gcc 3.0, has no side effect, doesn't take any argument