diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h
index ccb4c31e8c9..d387de5b13c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/port.h
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@
 #ifdef LINUX_VERSION_CODE
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37)
 #define GRPC_HAVE_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT
+#ifdef __GLIBC_PREREQ
+#if !(__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 17))
+/*
+ * TCP_USER_TIMEOUT wasn't imported to glibc until 2.17. Use Linux system
+ * header instead.
+ */
+#define GRPC_LINUX_TCP_H 1
+#endif /* __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 17) */
+#endif /* ifdef __GLIBC_PREREQ */
 #endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37) */
 #endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE */
 #ifndef __GLIBC__
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.cc
index 4c337a05210..ea0adb1f6a6 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#ifdef GRPC_LINUX_TCP_H
+#include <linux/tcp.h>
+#else
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>