diff --git a/src/Compiler/Scheme/Chez.idr b/src/Compiler/Scheme/Chez.idr
index 22418c87d4..727c7961d4 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Scheme/Chez.idr
+++ b/src/Compiler/Scheme/Chez.idr
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@ schHeader chez libs whole
     (import (chezscheme))
     (case (machine-type)
       [(i3fb ti3fb a6fb ta6fb) #f]
-      [(i3le ti3le a6le ta6le tarm64le) (load-shared-object "libc.so.6")]
+      [(i3le ti3le a6le ta6le tarm64le) 
+       (let ((os-str
+               (let-values (((in out err pid) (open-process-ports "uname -o" 'block (make-transcoder (utf-8-codec)))))
+                 (get-string-all out))))
+         (if (string=? os-str "GNU/Linux\n")
+           (load-shared-object "libc.so.6")
+           (load-shared-object "libc.so")))]
       [(i3osx ti3osx a6osx ta6osx tarm64osx tppc32osx tppc64osx) (load-shared-object "libc.dylib")]
       [(i3nt ti3nt a6nt ta6nt) (load-shared-object "msvcrt.dll")]
       [else (load-shared-object "libc.so")])