diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index ca82c7a9fb..cc1f61e769 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ else
 fi
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_fork_works" = xcross; then
   case $host in
-    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* )
+    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* | *-*-linux-uclibc* )
       # Override, as these systems have only a dummy fork() stub
       ac_cv_func_fork_works=no
       ;;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7b1cbb86a3..00dcbd3a41 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12821,7 +12821,7 @@ else
 fi
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_fork_works" = xcross; then
   case $host in
-    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* )
+    *-*-amigaos* | *-*-msdosdjgpp* | *-*-uclinux* | *-*-linux-uclibc* )
       # Override, as these systems have only a dummy fork() stub
       ac_cv_func_fork_works=no
       ;;
diff --git a/main/Makefile b/main/Makefile
index 7d05ebfb09..9e0f6f2356 100644
--- a/main/Makefile
+++ b/main/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ifeq ($(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