diff --git a/ext/crlib/cr-math.h b/ext/crlib/cr-math.h
index 9a0efc8..990318a 100644
--- a/ext/crlib/cr-math.h
+++ b/ext/crlib/cr-math.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 
+// avoid linking to GLIBC_2.27
+#if defined (CR_LINUX) && !defined (CR_CXX_INTEL) && defined (CR_ARCH_X86)
+   __asm__ (".symver powf,powf@GLIBC_2.0");
+#endif
+
 CR_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 constexpr float kFloatEpsilon = 0.01f;