diff --git a/src/monitor.c b/src/monitor.c
index c6bcfd395a..348e97c1fa 100644
--- a/src/monitor.c
+++ b/src/monitor.c
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+__asm__(".symver powf,powf@GLIBC_2.2.5");
+#endif
 
 // Lexically compare video modes, used by qsort
 //