diff --git a/chgrp.c b/chgrp.c
index c6312a7e4..0bb1e75c9 100644
--- a/chgrp.c
+++ b/chgrp.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 /* Don't use lchown for libc5 or glibc older then 2.1.x */
-#if (__GLIBC__ < 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
+#if (__GLIBC__ <= 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
 #define lchown	chown
 #endif
 
diff --git a/chown.c b/chown.c
index b6059d048..ff935a4c0 100644
--- a/chown.c
+++ b/chown.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 /* Don't use lchown for libc5 or glibc older then 2.1.x */
-#if (__GLIBC__ < 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
+#if (__GLIBC__ <= 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
 #define lchown	chown
 #endif
 
diff --git a/coreutils/chgrp.c b/coreutils/chgrp.c
index c6312a7e4..0bb1e75c9 100644
--- a/coreutils/chgrp.c
+++ b/coreutils/chgrp.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 /* Don't use lchown for libc5 or glibc older then 2.1.x */
-#if (__GLIBC__ < 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
+#if (__GLIBC__ <= 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
 #define lchown	chown
 #endif
 
diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index b6059d048..ff935a4c0 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 /* Don't use lchown for libc5 or glibc older then 2.1.x */
-#if (__GLIBC__ < 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
+#if (__GLIBC__ <= 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 1)
 #define lchown	chown
 #endif