diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 3df4b14920..fc4311ab05 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ else
 fi
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_fork_works" = xcross; then
   case $host in
-    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* )
+    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* | *-*-linux-uclibc* )
       # Override, as these systems have only a dummy fork() stub
       ac_cv_func_fork_works=no
       ;;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 226c11b536..f545093fe7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12577,7 +12577,7 @@ else
 fi
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_fork_works" = xcross; then
   case $host in
-    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* )
+    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* | *-*-linux-uclibc* )
       # Override, as these systems have only a dummy fork() stub
       ac_cv_func_fork_works=no
       ;;
diff --git a/main/Makefile b/main/Makefile
index b8def5541f..34c85b2d6e 100644
--- a/main/Makefile
+++ b/main/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ifeq ($(wildcard /usr/include/dlfcn.h),)
   OBJS+=dlfcn.o
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(findstring $(OSARCH), linux-gnu uclinux ),)
+ifneq ($(findstring $(OSARCH), linux-gnu uclinux linux-uclibc ),)
   ifneq ($(findstring LOADABLE_MODULES,$(MENUSELECT_CFLAGS)),)
   AST_LIBS+=-ldl
   endif