For musl libc the stackBottom for the main thread is recalculated just as it is for Android. See: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-44268 --- qtdeclarative/src/qml/jsruntime/qv4engine.cpp 2016-02-26 10:34:34.000000000 +0100 +++ qtdeclarative/src/qml/jsruntime/qv4engine.cpp 2016-04-04 21:52:43.780823136 +0200 @@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ #include #endif +#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) && !defined(__GLIBC__) +#include +#define gettid() syscall(SYS_gettid) +#endif + QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE using namespace QV4; @@ -147,7 +152,7 @@ pthread_attr_getstack(&attr, &stackBottom, &stackSize); pthread_attr_destroy(&attr); -# if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) +# if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) || !defined(__GLIBC__) // Bionic pretends that the main thread has a tiny stack; work around it if (gettid() == getpid()) { rlimit limit;