// <header_name> in order to prevent macro expansion within the header
// name (for example "linux" is a macro on linux systems).
-#if defined(linux) || defined(__linux) || defined(__linux__)
-// linux:
+#if defined(linux) || defined(__linux) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__GLIBC__)
+// linux, also other platforms (Hurd etc) that use GLIBC, should these really have their own config headers though?
# define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/linux.hpp"
#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
// QNX:
# define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/qnxnto.hpp"
+#elif defined(__VXWORKS__)
+// vxWorks:
+# define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/vxworks.hpp"
+
#else
# if defined(unix) \