-/* Android currently lacks Robust Mutex support */
-#if defined(ANDROID) && defined(MDB_USE_POSIX_MUTEX) && !defined(MDB_USE_ROBUST)
-#define MDB_USE_ROBUST 0
-#else
-#define MDB_USE_ROBUST 1
-#endif
+/* Android currently lacks Robust Mutex support. So does glibc < 2.4. */
+# if defined(MDB_USE_POSIX_MUTEX) && (defined(ANDROID) || \
+ (defined(__GLIBC__) && GLIBC_VER < 0x020004))
+# define MDB_USE_ROBUST 0
+# else
+# define MDB_USE_ROBUST 1
+/* glibc < 2.10 only provided _np API */
+# if defined(__GLIBC__) && GLIBC_VER < 0x02000a
+# define PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST_NP
+# define pthread_mutexattr_setrobust(attr, flag) pthread_mutexattr_setrobust_np(attr, flag)
+# define pthread_mutex_consistent(mutex) pthread_mutex_consistent_np(mutex)
+# endif
+# endif