From 442f9f1d5bc6d31f615956a20d420ba4a5f07cbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:25:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: closes #11606, detect musl and use sass instead

---
 src/utils.js | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 55d3b5e793..abc7a92e2a 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -42,7 +42,19 @@ utils.secureRandom = function (low, high) {
 };
 
 utils.getSass = function () {
-	if (process.platform === 'freebsd') {
+	// https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/11606
+	function isMusl() {
+		if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			return !process.report.getReport().header.glibcVersionRuntime;
+		} catch {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	if (process.platform === 'freebsd' || isMusl()) {
 		return require('sass');
 	}
 	try {