diff --git a/src/buildtools/configure.json b/src/buildtools/configure.json
index 0060acac40bcffbd5c71f881c46769b50626061e..3fc342992d0dd3fa005189f9d6ae4655c9d1e02c 100644
--- a/src/buildtools/configure.json
+++ b/src/buildtools/configure.json
@@ -288,13 +288,13 @@
             "type": "detectGn"
         },
         "webengine-glibc": {
-            "label": "glibc > 2.26",
+            "label": "glibc > 2.16",
             "type": "compile",
             "test": {
                 "include": "features.h",
                 "tail": [
-                    "#if __GLIBC__ < 2 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 27",
-                    "#error glibc versions below 2.27 are not supported",
+                    "#if __GLIBC__ < 2 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 17",
+                    "#error glibc versions below 2.17 are not supported",
                     "#endif"
                 ]
             }