diff --git a/src/template/linux b/src/template/linux
index 7469b33107..3684f1a180 100644
--- a/src/template/linux
+++ b/src/template/linux
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE"
 # tools/thread/thread_test must be run
 THREAD_CPPFLAGS="-D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
 THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
+
+THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
+# 2004-03-14, Linux 2.4.25-1-686
+STRERROR_THREADSAFE=yes
+GETPWUID_THREADSAFE=no
+GETHOSTBYNAME_THREADSAFE=no
+