diff --git a/inst/tools/workaround.R b/inst/tools/workaround.R
index 08109604..1d5cc319 100644
--- a/inst/tools/workaround.R
+++ b/inst/tools/workaround.R
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ for (f in c("src/RcppExports.cpp")) {
   }
 }
 
-if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows" && !file.exists("src/Makevars.win")) {
+if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows" && !file.exists("src/Makevars.win")
+    || (R.version$os == "linux-musl")) {
   writeLines(gsub("@ISYSTEM@", "I",
                   gsub("@CXX14STD@", "CXX14STD = -std=c++1y",
                        suppressWarnings(readLines("src/Makevars.in")))),