diff --git a/src/framework/mlt_property.h b/src/framework/mlt_property.h
index 1bfc971fb7..e2ba1c1d6d 100644
--- a/src/framework/mlt_property.h
+++ b/src/framework/mlt_property.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #endif
 
-#if (defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__APPLE__)) || defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H)
+#if (defined(__linux__) && !defined(__APPLE__)) || defined(HAVE_LOCALE_H)
 #  include <locale.h>
 #elif defined(__APPLE__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_version) && __FreeBSD_version >= 900506)
 #  include <xlocale.h>