diff --git a/src/posix-io.c b/src/posix-io.c

index e712ef2..2a3a81f 100644

--- a/src/posix-io.c

+++ b/src/posix-io.c

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ _gpgme_io_spawn (const char *path, char *const argv[], unsigned int flags,

               if (fd_list[i].fd > fd)

                 fd = fd_list[i].fd;

             fd++;

-#if defined(__sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__)

+#if defined(__sun) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__GLIBC__)

             closefrom (fd);

             max_fds = fd;

 #else /*!__sun */