diff --git a/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp b/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp
index 208a55723d8838..3bb0c7388d9320 100644
--- a/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/src/filesystem/operations.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,16 @@
 #include <fcntl.h> /* values for fchmodat */
 #include <time.h>
 
-// since Linux 4.5 and FreeBSD 13, but the Linux libc wrapper is only provided by glibc and musl
-#if (defined(__linux__) && (defined(__GLIBC__) || _LIBCPP_HAS_MUSL_LIBC)) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+// since Linux 4.5 and FreeBSD 13, but the Linux libc wrapper is only provided by glibc >= 2.27 and musl
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#  if defined(_LIBCPP_GLIBC_PREREQ)
+#    if _LIBCPP_GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 27)
+#      define _LIBCPP_FILESYSTEM_USE_COPY_FILE_RANGE
+#    endif
+#  elif _LIBCPP_HAS_MUSL_LIBC
+#    define _LIBCPP_FILESYSTEM_USE_COPY_FILE_RANGE
+#  endif
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #  define _LIBCPP_FILESYSTEM_USE_COPY_FILE_RANGE
 #endif
 #if __has_include(<sys/sendfile.h>)