diff --git a/include/ircd/info.h b/include/ircd/info.h
index a681d2550..3cd36b968 100644
--- a/include/ircd/info.h
+++ b/include/ircd/info.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace ircd::info
 	extern const size_t rlimit_data;
 	extern const size_t rlimit_rss;
 	extern const size_t rlimit_nofile;
+
+	extern const int glibc[3];
 	#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
 	extern const ::utsname utsname;
 	#endif
diff --git a/ircd/info.cc b/ircd/info.cc
index 2198b6f2e..2b057650f 100644
--- a/ircd/info.cc
+++ b/ircd/info.cc
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ ircd::info::startup
 // System / platform information
 //
 
+const int
+glibc[3]
+{
+	__GNU_LIBRARY__,
+	__GLIBC__,
+	__GLIBC_MINOR__,
+};
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
 decltype(ircd::info::utsname)
 ircd::info::utsname{[]