diff --git a/sched/plan_class_spec.cpp b/sched/plan_class_spec.cpp
index 30dfa0c2962..76dc56370d2 100644
--- a/sched/plan_class_spec.cpp
+++ b/sched/plan_class_spec.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@ static double os_version_num(HOST h) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+// if os_version has [...|libc 2.27 ...], return 227.  else 0
+//
+static int libc_version(HOST &h) {
+    char *p = strstr(h.os_version, "|libc ");
+    if (!p) return 0;
+    p += strlen("|libc ");
+    int maj, min;
+    int n = sscanf(p, "%d.%d", &maj, &min);
+    if (n != 2) return 0;
+    return maj*100+min;
+}
+
 // parse version# from "(Android 4.3.1)" or "(Android 4.3)" or "(Android 4)"
 //
 static int android_version_num(HOST h) {
@@ -383,6 +395,21 @@ bool PLAN_CLASS_SPEC::check(
         }
     }
 
+    // libc version (linux)
+    //
+    if (min_libc_version) {
+        int v = libc_version(sreq.host);
+        if (v < min_libc_version) {
+            if (config.debug_version_select) {
+                log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
+                    "[version] plan_class_spec: libc version too low (%d < %d)\n",
+                    v, min_libc_version
+                );
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     // CPU vendor and model
     //
     if (have_cpu_vendor_regex && regexec(&(cpu_vendor_regex), sreq.host.p_vendor, 0, NULL, 0)) {
@@ -1099,6 +1126,7 @@ int PLAN_CLASS_SPEC::parse(XML_PARSER& xp) {
         if (xp.parse_double("max_os_version", max_os_version)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_int("min_android_version", min_android_version)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_int("max_android_version", max_android_version)) continue;
+        if (xp.parse_int("min_libc_version", min_libc_version)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_str("project_prefs_tag", project_prefs_tag, sizeof(project_prefs_tag))) continue;
         if (xp.parse_str("project_prefs_regex", buf, sizeof(buf))) {
             if (regcomp(&(project_prefs_regex), buf, REG_EXTENDED|REG_NOSUB) ) {
@@ -1201,6 +1229,7 @@ PLAN_CLASS_SPEC::PLAN_CLASS_SPEC() {
     max_os_version = 0;
     min_android_version = 0;
     max_android_version = 0;
+    min_libc_version = 0;
     strcpy(project_prefs_tag, "");
     have_project_prefs_regex = false;
     project_prefs_default_true = false;
diff --git a/sched/plan_class_spec.h b/sched/plan_class_spec.h
index f52e855d680..ab388db7152 100644
--- a/sched/plan_class_spec.h
+++ b/sched/plan_class_spec.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 
 // Represents a plan class, as specified in XML
-// if you add anything here, initialize if in the constructor
+// if you add anything here, initialize it in the constructor
 //
 struct PLAN_CLASS_SPEC {
     char name[256];
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct PLAN_CLASS_SPEC {
     double max_os_version;
     int min_android_version;
     int max_android_version;
+    int min_libc_version;
     char project_prefs_tag[256];
     bool have_project_prefs_regex;
     regex_t project_prefs_regex;