diff --git a/src/corelib/global/global.pri b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
index fb0e7fd708..86621364ec 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/global.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/global/global.pri
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH += $$QT_BUILD_TREE/src/corelib/global
 # Only used on platforms with CONFIG += precompile_header
 PRECOMPILED_HEADER = global/qt_pch.h
 
-linux*:!cross_compile:!static:!*-armcc* {
+if(linux*|hurd*):!cross_compile:!static:!*-armcc* {
    QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-e,qt_core_boilerplate
    prog=$$quote(if (/program interpreter: (.*)]/) { print $1; })
    DEFINES += ELF_INTERPRETER=\\\"$$system(readelf -l /bin/ls | perl -n -e \'$$prog\')\\\"