diff --git a/src/pulse/util.c b/src/pulse/util.c
index d1bb3863b..5933b77e8 100644
--- a/src/pulse/util.c
+++ b/src/pulse/util.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ char *pa_get_binary_name(char *s, size_t l) {
     }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__))
+#if defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)) || defined(__GNU__)
     {
         char *rp;
         /* This works on Linux and Debian/kFreeBSD */