diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 62622523a174ae65ce18559ec92239d27530327d..b6a846cf97b1fa6a0aa25cb3a3ea3ddbcbe0473e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ IF(KWSYS_USE_SystemTools)
     KWSYS_CXX_STAT_HAS_ST_MTIM=${KWSYS_CXX_STAT_HAS_ST_MTIM}
     KWSYS_CXX_STAT_HAS_ST_MTIMESPEC=${KWSYS_CXX_STAT_HAS_ST_MTIMESPEC}
     )
+
+  # Disable getpwnam for static linux builds since it depends on shared glibc
+  GET_PROPERTY(SHARED_LIBS_SUPPORTED GLOBAL PROPERTY TARGET_SUPPORTS_SHARED_LIBS)
+  IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT SHARED_LIBS_SUPPORTED)
+    SET_PROPERTY(SOURCE SystemTools.cxx APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
+      HAVE_GETPWNAM=0
+      )
+  ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(KWSYS_USE_SystemInformation)
diff --git a/SystemTools.cxx b/SystemTools.cxx
index 9d13a20214eb8f5e5e483bbb33e99f8fa5249141..8aca3edb3ffa81f3b39b12080c8d671b69bd8fc8 100644
--- a/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ extern char** environ;
 
 // getpwnam doesn't exist on Windows and Cray Xt3/Catamount
 // same for TIOCGWINSZ
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__LIBCATAMOUNT__)
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__LIBCATAMOUNT__) ||                           \
+  (defined(HAVE_GETPWNAM) && HAVE_GETPWNAM == 0)
 #undef HAVE_GETPWNAM
 #undef HAVE_TTY_INFO
 #else