.. _c: C = Compilation with musl --------------------- First install the musl-gcc wrapper (on Debian): :: apt-get install musl-tools Now set some environment variables: :: export CC=musl-gcc export LINK=musl-gcc export CFLAGS=-static That's it, you can now compile your library and it will be linked with musl instead of glibc. Feature test macros ------------------- Interesting article `here `_.