diff --git a/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp b/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp
index cec9401f5f7..30d3d132d79 100644
--- a/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp
+++ b/client/hostinfo_unix.cpp
@@ -1334,6 +1334,12 @@ int HOST_INFO::get_cpu_count() {
     if(cpus_sys_path > p_ncpus){
         p_ncpus = cpus_sys_path;
     }
+#elif __GNU_LIBRARY__ /* glibc */
+  cpu_set_t set;
+
+  if(sched_getaffinity (0, sizeof (set), &set) == 0) {
+      p_ncpus = CPU_COUNT (&set);
+    }
 #elif defined(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && !defined(__EMX__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
     // sysconf not working on OS2
     p_ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);