diff --git a/src/target.cpp b/src/target.cpp
index eace930940..8240023305 100644
--- a/src/target.cpp
+++ b/src/target.cpp
@@ -507,16 +507,16 @@ void get_native_target(ZigTarget *target) {
         target->abi = target_default_abi(target->arch, target->os);
     }
     target->glibc_version = nullptr;
-#ifdef ZIG_OS_LINUX
     if (target_is_glibc(target)) {
         target->glibc_version = allocate<ZigGLibCVersion>(1);
+        *target->glibc_version = {2, 17, 0};
+#ifdef ZIG_OS_LINUX
         Error err;
         if ((err = glibc_detect_native_version(target->glibc_version))) {
-            // Use a default version.
-            *target->glibc_version = {2, 17, 0};
+            // Fall back to the default version.
         }
-    }
 #endif
+    }
 }
 
 Error target_parse_archsub(ZigLLVM_ArchType *out_arch, ZigLLVM_SubArchType *out_sub,