diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index f4240fa2..edf4b481 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ authors = ["Tim de Jager <tim@prefix.dev>"]
 channels = ["conda-forge"]
 platforms = ["osx-arm64", "linux-64", "osx-64", "linux-aarch64", "win-64"]
 
+[system-requirements]
+# 2.17 is the glibc version used in centos 7
+libc = { family="glibc", version="2.17" }
+
 [tasks]
 upload = "anaconda -t $ANACONDA_API_TOKEN upload"