diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 3d0bd38e50..ee99882c5f 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017 Rene Saavedra <rennes@openmailbox.org>
 # Copyright © 2016 Adonay "adfeno" Felipe Nogueira <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno> <adfeno@openmailbox.org>
-# Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+# Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 # Copyright © 2016 Ben Woodcroft <donttrustben@gmail.com>
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt1.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt2.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-CVE-2017-1000366-pt3.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-bootstrap-system.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-ldd-x86_64.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/glibc-locales.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index b2c1d232fb..23107a823e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ (define-public glibc/linux
    ;; Note: Always use a dot after the minor version since various places rely
    ;; on "version-major+minor" to determine where locales are found.
    (version "2.26.105-g0890d5379c")
+   (replacement glibc-2.26-patched)
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/mirror/"
@@ -839,6 +841,15 @@ (define-syntax glibc
 ;; Below are old libc versions, which we use mostly to build locale data in
 ;; the old format (which the new libc cannot cope with.)
 
+(define glibc-2.26-patched
+  (package
+    (inherit glibc)
+    (replacement #f)
+    (source (origin
+              (inherit (package-source glibc))
+              (patches (cons (search-patch "glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch")
+                             (origin-patches (package-source glibc))))))))
+
 (define-public glibc-2.25
   (package
     (inherit glibc)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce18b874c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-allow-kernel-2.6.32.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
+index cace758c01..38fe7fe0b0 100644
+--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
++++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fi
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for kernel header at least $minimum_kernel" >&5
+ $as_echo_n "checking for kernel header at least $minimum_kernel... " >&6; }
+ decnum=`echo "$minimum_kernel.0.0.0" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/(\1 * 65536 + \2 * 256 + \3)/'`;
+-abinum=`echo "$minimum_kernel.0.0.0" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1,\2,\3/'`;
++abinum=`echo "2.6.32.0.0.0" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1,\2,\3/'`;
+ cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+ #include <linux/version.h>
+diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.ac b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.ac
+index 13abda0a51..6abc12eaed 100644
+--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.ac
++++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.ac
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for kernel header at least $minimum_kernel)
+ changequote(,)dnl
+ decnum=`echo "$minimum_kernel.0.0.0" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/(\1 * 65536 + \2 * 256 + \3)/'`;
+-abinum=`echo "$minimum_kernel.0.0.0" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1,\2,\3/'`;
++abinum=`echo "2.6.32.0.0.0" | sed 's/\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/\1,\2,\3/'`;
+ changequote([,])dnl
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <linux/version.h>
+ #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < $decnum
+diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h
+index 823cd8224d..482caaeeec 100644
+--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h
++++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-osinfo.h
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
+ 	  GLRO(dl_osversion) = version;					      \
+ 									      \
+ 	/* Now we can test with the required version.  */		      \
+-	if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION > 0 && version < __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION)   \
++	if (__LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION > 0 && version < __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION && version != 0x020620)   \
+ 	  /* Not sufficent.  */						      \
+ 	  FATAL ("FATAL: kernel too old\n");				      \
+       }									      \