1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 62a5476a8f..e04d87f258 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -194,7 +194,10 @@ def libc_ver(executable=sys.executable,lib='',version='', chunksize=2048):
         binary = f.read(chunksize)
         pos = 0
         while pos < len(binary):
-            m = _libc_search.search(binary,pos)
+            if 'libc' in binary or 'GLIBC' in binary:
+                m = _libc_search.search(binary, pos)
+            else:
+                m = None
             if not m or m.end() == len(binary):
                 chunk = f.read(chunksize)
                 if chunk: