diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ee61e562f..822560e717 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -536,6 +536,11 @@
           "url": ""
         }
       ],
+      "releaseInfo": {
+        "vendor": {
+          "minGlibcVersion": "2.31"
+        }
+      },
       "extraResources": [
         {
           "from": "build",
diff --git a/ts/updater/common.main.ts b/ts/updater/common.main.ts
index b600022f64..366d77b302 100644
--- a/ts/updater/common.main.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/common.main.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ const { throttle } = lodash;
 
 const POLL_INTERVAL = 30 * durations.MINUTE;
 
-type JSONVendorSchema = {
+export type JSONVendorSchema = {
+  minGlibcVersion?: string;
   minOSVersion?: string;
   requireManualUpdate?: 'true' | 'false';
   requireUserConfirmation?: 'true' | 'false';
@@ -244,6 +245,31 @@ export abstract class Updater {
     ipcMain.handleOnce('start-update', performUpdateCallback);
   }
 
+  protected checkSystemRequirements(vendor: JSONVendorSchema): boolean {
+    if (vendor.requireManualUpdate === 'true') {
+      this.logger.warn('checkSystemRequirements: manual update required');
+      this.markCannotUpdate(
+        new Error('yaml file has requireManualUpdate flag'),
+        DialogType.Cannot_Update_Require_Manual
+      );
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (vendor.minOSVersion && lt(osRelease(), vendor.minOSVersion)) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        `checkSystemRequirements: OS version ${osRelease()} is less than the ` +
+          `minimum supported version ${vendor.minOSVersion}`
+      );
+      this.markCannotUpdate(
+        new Error('yaml file has unsatisfied minOSVersion value'),
+        DialogType.UnsupportedOS
+      );
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   protected markCannotUpdate(
     error: Error,
     dialogType = DialogType.Cannot_Update
@@ -563,27 +589,8 @@ export abstract class Updater {
     const parsedYaml = parseYaml(yaml);
 
     const { vendor } = parsedYaml;
-    if (vendor) {
-      if (vendor.requireManualUpdate === 'true') {
-        this.logger.warn('checkForUpdates: manual update required');
-        this.markCannotUpdate(
-          new Error('yaml file has requireManualUpdate flag'),
-          DialogType.Cannot_Update_Require_Manual
-        );
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (vendor.minOSVersion && lt(osRelease(), vendor.minOSVersion)) {
-        this.logger.warn(
-          `checkForUpdates: OS version ${osRelease()} is less than the ` +
-            `minimum supported version ${vendor.minOSVersion}`
-        );
-        this.markCannotUpdate(
-          new Error('yaml file has unsatisfied minOSVersion value'),
-          DialogType.UnsupportedOS
-        );
-        return;
-      }
+    if (vendor && !this.checkSystemRequirements(vendor)) {
+      return;
     }
 
     const version = getVersion(parsedYaml);
diff --git a/ts/updater/linuxAppImage.main.ts b/ts/updater/linuxAppImage.main.ts
index 4ed8c8695e..78df7d2891 100644
--- a/ts/updater/linuxAppImage.main.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/linuxAppImage.main.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import { chmod } from 'fs-extra';
 
 import config from 'config';
 import { app } from 'electron';
+import { coerce, lt } from 'semver';
 
+import type { JSONVendorSchema } from './common.main.js';
 import { Updater } from './common.main.js';
 import { appRelaunch } from '../util/relaunch.main.js';
 import { hexToBinary } from './signature.node.js';
+import { DialogType } from '../types/Dialogs.std.js';
 
 export class LinuxAppImageUpdater extends Updater {
   #installing = false;
@@ -71,4 +74,49 @@ export class LinuxAppImageUpdater extends Updater {
     await copyFile(updateFilePath, appImageFile);
     await chmod(appImageFile, 0o700);
   }
+
+  override checkSystemRequirements(vendor: JSONVendorSchema): boolean {
+    const { minGlibcVersion } = vendor;
+    if (minGlibcVersion) {
+      const parsedMinGlibcVersion = coerce(minGlibcVersion);
+      if (!parsedMinGlibcVersion) {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          'checkSystemRequirements: yaml had unparseable minGlibcVersion, ignoring. ' +
+            `yaml value: ${minGlibcVersion}`
+        );
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      const sysReport = process.report.getReport() as any;
+      const glibcVersion = sysReport?.header?.glibcVersionRuntime;
+      const parsedGlibcVersion = glibcVersion ? coerce(glibcVersion) : null;
+      if (!parsedGlibcVersion) {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          'checkSystemRequirements: yaml had minGlibcVersion but unable to' +
+            'get OS glibc version from system report, blocking update. ' +
+            `system value: ${glibcVersion}`
+        );
+        this.markCannotUpdate(
+          new Error('system glibc version missing or unparseable'),
+          DialogType.UnsupportedOS
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      if (lt(parsedGlibcVersion, parsedMinGlibcVersion)) {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          `checkSystemRequirements: OS glibc ${glibcVersion} is less than the ` +
+            `minimum supported version ${minGlibcVersion}`
+        );
+        this.markCannotUpdate(
+          new Error('yaml file has unsatisfied minGlibcVersion value'),
+          DialogType.UnsupportedOS
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
 }