diff --git a/configure.json b/configure.json
index b291e6645802616c764d55bfb571e80d4b24f8bb..d25517c33025cc76164e2f8e6b8277969d76c033 100644
--- a/configure.json
+++ b/configure.json
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
         "embedded": {
             "label": "embedded",
             "type": "embedded"
+        },
+        "glibc": {
+            "label": "glibc > 2.16",
+            "type": "detectGlibc"
         }
     },
 
@@ -220,6 +224,11 @@
             "autoDetect": false,
             "condition": "tests.gn",
             "output": [ "privateFeature" ]
+        },
+        "system-glibc": {
+            "label": "glibc",
+            "condition": "config.linux && tests.glibc",
+            "output": [ "privateFeature" ]
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/configure.pri b/configure.pri
index 2d6983354c8f81c737806f418306b54e2934c5a3..0030ce3bba78501125772b2b0fee1eb3dc0daf5d 100644
--- a/configure.pri
+++ b/configure.pri
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ defineTest(qtConfTest_detectFlex) {
     return(true)
 }
 
+defineTest(qtConfTest_detectGlibc) {
+    ldd = $$qtConfFindInPath("ldd")
+    !isEmpty(ldd) {
+        qtLog("Found ldd from path: $$ldd")
+        qtRunLoggedCommand("$$ldd --version", version)|return(true)
+        version ~= 's/^.*[^0-9]\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*$/\1/'
+        version = $$first(version)
+        qtLog("Found libc version: $$version")
+        version = $$split(version,'.')
+        version = $$member(version, 1)
+        greaterThan(version, 16) {
+            return(true)
+        }
+        qtLog("Detected too old version of glibc. Required min 2.17.")
+        return(false)
+    }
+    qtLog("No ldd found. Assuming right version of glibc.")
+    return(true)
+}
+
 defineTest(qtConfTest_detectNinja) {
     ninja = $$qtConfFindInPath("ninja$$EXE_SUFFIX")
     !isEmpty(ninja) {
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/configure.prf b/mkspecs/features/configure.prf
index 002a0375a3699e26ce396f18b35d1640e27952a0..6e9a28e4d4d347fa2502be203027fa26954223bf 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/configure.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/configure.prf
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ defineTest(runConfigure) {
     }
 
     linux {
+        !qtConfig(system-glibc) {
+            skipBuild("A suitable version of libc could not be found. See: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14898")
+            return(false)
+        }
+
         QT_FOR_CONFIG += gui-private
         !config_khr:skipBuild("khronos development headers appear to be missing (mesa/libegl1-mesa-dev)")