diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
index 13d7497b..dc454fcc 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
+++ b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
@@ -266,8 +266,11 @@ void Fuse::_logUnknownException() {
 }
 
 void Fuse::run(const bf::path &mountdir, const vector<string> &fuseOptions) {
+#if defined(__GLIBC__)|| defined(__APPLE__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
   // Avoid encoding errors for non-utf8 characters, see https://github.com/cryfs/cryfs/issues/247
+  // this is ifdef'd out for non-glibc linux, because musl doesn't handle this correctly.
   bf::path::imbue(std::locale(std::locale(), new std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>()));
+#endif
 
   _mountdir = mountdir;